
(尤指因缺水而)干渴的;(土地等)干旱的、干裂的。也可引申为“极度渴望的”(较文学化用法)。
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After the long hike, I was parched and drank two bottles of water.
长途徒步后,我渴得要命,喝了两瓶水。
The parched fields stretched for miles, and the farmers feared the harvest would fail without rain.
干旱的田地绵延数英里,农民担心若不下雨就会歉收。
来自古法语 perchier / parchir(“使变干、烤干”之意),与“烘烤、烤干”相关的词根有关。英语中逐渐发展为描述“因缺水而干燥”,既可指人“口干舌燥”,也可指环境“干旱”。