arid
adj
1 (of land or climate) having little or no rainfall; dry (指土壤或氣候)乾旱的, 乾燥的
the arid deserts of Africa 非洲的乾旱沙漠
Nothing grows in these arid conditions. 在這些乾旱環境中, 寸草不生.
2 dull; uninteresting 枯燥的; 無趣味的
have long, arid discussions about unimportant matters 對雞毛蒜皮的事進行的冗長而枯燥的討論.