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缺水
  • [quē shuǐ]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

缺水 [quē shuǐ]
  1. 1. [engineering] scarcity of water

Examples

他的皮肤干巴巴的,严重缺水 干巴巴
为解决洪涝灾害、干旱缺水等问题, 政府需要再修建一个泵站。
In order to deal with water issues resulted from floods and droughts, the government need to build one more pumping station. 抽水站
缺水的地方, 我们只能种植旱作。
We can only plant dry crops in places short of water. 旱作
由于长时间缺水, 河身干裂了。
Lacking in water for a long time, the riverbed is dry and cracked. 河身
村子里缺水, 村民们每次印牲口都要去很远的地方。
Because of a lack of water, the villagers have to water their horses at a place far from their village. 饮牲口
中部出现伏旱天气,很多地区缺水 伏旱
花因为缺水都蔫了。
The flowers withered from lack of water.
这地方缺水
This place is short of water.
庄稼缺水,叶子都发蔫了。 发蔫
缺水是这个地区的苦根 苦根

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