parched
adj. 炎熱的
v. (使)焦乾, (使)乾透( parch的過去式和過去分詞 ); 使(某人)極口渴
If something, especially the ground or a plant, is parched, it is very dry, because there has been no rain.
The clouds gathered and showers poured down upon the parched earth.
烏雲聚湧,傾盆大雨落在焦乾的大地上。
...a hill of parched brown grass.
滿山的褐色枯草
If your mouth, throat, or lips are parched, they are unpleasantly dry.
If you say that you are parched, you mean that you are very thirsty.
1. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight;
2. toasted or roasted slightly;
My mouth was parched and my tongue scorched with speaking.
我說得口乾舌燥.
California is shaken by earthquakes, parched by drought, and then drenched by storms.
加里佛尼亞地震頻頻, 土地乾旱, 而後又遭受洪水沖洗.
The parched soil drank in the rain.
乾透了的土地吸收雨水.
A sweet rain falls on the parched seedlings.
久旱的禾苗逢甘雨.
She spoke until her mouth was parched.
她說得口焦舌燥.