English-Thai Dictionary

arid

ADJ น่าเบื่อ  ไม่ น่าสนใจ  dull lifeless na-buea

 

arid

ADJ แห้ง  แห้งแล้ง  dry haeng

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARID

a.[L. aridus, dry, from areo, to be dry. ] Dry; exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; as an arid waste.

 

ARIDAS

n.A kind of taffeta, from the East Indies, made of thread, from certain plants.

 

ARIDITY, ARIDNESS

n. 1. Dryness; a state of being without moisture.
2. A dry state of the body; emaciation; the withering of a limb.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARID

Ar "id, a. Etym: [L. aridus, fr. arere to be dry: cf. F. aride. ]

 

Defn: Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. "An arid waste. " Thomson.

 

ARIDITY

A *rid "i *ty, n.; pl. Aridities. Etym: [L. ariditas, fr. aridus.]

 

1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.

 

2. Fig. : Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris.

 

ARIDNESS

ARIDNESS Ar "id *ness, n.

 

Defn: Aridity; dryness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

arid

ar id |ˈarid ˈɛrəd | ▶adjective 1 (of land or a climate ) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation: hot and arid conditions. 2 lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning: his arid years in suburbia. DERIVATIVES a rid i ty |əˈriditē |noun, ar id ly adverb, ar id ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French aride or Latin aridus, from arere ‘be dry or parched. ’

 

aridisol

a rid i sol |əˈridiˌsôl, -ˌsäl əˈrɪdɪsɔl | ▶noun Soil Science a soil of an order comprising typically saline or alkaline soils with very little organic matter, characteristic of arid regions.

 

Oxford Dictionary

arid

arid |ˈarɪd | ▶adjective 1 (of land or a climate ) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation: the arid plains north of Cape Town. 2 lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning: his arid years in suburbia. DERIVATIVES aridity |əˈrɪdɪti |noun, aridly adverb, aridness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French aride or Latin aridus, from arere ‘be dry or parched ’.

 

aridisol

aridisol |əˈrɪdɪsɒl | ▶noun Soil Science a soil of an order comprising typically saline or alkaline soils with very little organic matter, characteristic of arid regions.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

arid

arid adjective 1 an arid landscape: dry, dried up, bone-dry, waterless, moistureless, parched, scorched, baked, thirsty, droughty, desert; barren, infertile. ANTONYMS wet, fertile. 2 this town has an arid, empty feel: dreary, dull, drab, dry, sterile, colorless, unstimulating, uninspiring, flat, boring, uninteresting, lifeless, emotionless, plain-vanilla. ANTONYMS vibrant. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See dry . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

arid

arid adjective 1 an arid landscape: dry, dried up, waterless, as dry as a bone, moistureless, parched, scorched, baked, thirsty; dehydrated, desiccated; barren, desert, waste, desolate; infertile, non-fertile, unfruitful, unproductive, uncultivatable, sterile; rare infecund, droughty, torrefied. ANTONYMS wet; fertile. 2 this town has an arid, empty feel: dreary, dull, drab, dry, sterile, banal, colourless, monochrome, unstimulating, uninspiring, flat, boring, uninteresting, monotonous, lifeless, tedious, vapid, jejune, soul-destroying. ANTONYMS interesting, vibrant.

 

Duden Dictionary

arid

arid Adjektiv Geografie |ar i d |lateinisch aridus trocken, dürr, wüstenhaft aride Böden | eine aride , vegetationsarme Region

 

Aridität

Ari di tät Substantiv, feminin , die |Aridit ä t |Trockenheit in Bezug auf das Klima

 

Ariditätsfaktor

Ari di täts fak tor Substantiv, maskulin , der |Aridit ä tsfaktor |der Ariditätsfaktor; Genitiv: des Ariditätsfaktors, Plural: die Ariditätsfaktoren Formel zur Berechnung der Trockenheit eines Gebiets

 

French Dictionary

aride

aride adj. adjectif 1 Desséché par le soleil. : Il ne pleut jamais dans cette région: elle est aride. SYNONYME sec . ANTONYME humide . 2 Peu attrayant, sans intérêt. : Un sujet aride. SYNONYME rébarbatif . ANTONYME intéressant .

 

aridité

aridité n. f. nom féminin État de ce qui est aride. : L ’aridité des régions où il ne pleut que rarement. L ’aridité d ’une étude sur un sujet technique. SYNONYME sécheresse .

 

Spanish Dictionary

aridez

aridez nombre femenino Cualidad de lo que es árido :la aridez del terreno hace prácticamente imposible cualquier cultivo; la aridez de una novela .

 

árido, -da

árido, -da adjetivo 1 [lugar, clima ] Que se caracteriza por ser muy seco, carente de humedad :el desierto es tan árido que poca vegetación puede crecer en él; el norte es una de las regiones más áridas del país .2 Que obliga a hacer un gran esfuerzo para entenderlo, por resultar muy aburrido o difícil :el libro me ha parecido muy árido; la filosofía suele considerarse una de las materias más áridas de la educación escolar .3 áridos nombre masculino plural Granos, legumbres y frutos secos a los que se aplican medidas de capacidad .4 áridos nombre masculino Materiales rocosos naturales que se usan para hacer el hormigón; es decir, la grava y la arena .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

arid

ar id /ǽrɪd /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 (異常に )乾燥した, 不毛の (dry )〈土地 気候など 〉.2 単調な, 無味乾燥な 〈討論 人生など 〉.a rid i ty /ərɪ́dəti /名詞