drought

1. N-VAR A drought is a long period of time during which no rain falls. 干旱

...a country where drought and famines have killed up to two million people during the last eighteen years. …過(guò)去18年來(lái)干旱和饑荒致死達(dá)兩百萬(wàn)人的一個(gè)國(guó)家。