evel词汇辨析:干旱”是“drought”还是“draught”课窝考试网

Drought/draʊt/

Drought/draʊt/

n.旱灾;干旱(时期),旱季

It refers to a long period of time when there is little or no rain in a place.

它指的是某地长时间少雨或无雨。

It was one of the worst droughts on record in our country.

这是我国有记载以来最严重的的旱灾之一。

The drought decades ago had killed millions of people there.

几十年前的旱灾让那里数百万的人丧生。

Draught/dra:ft/

Draught/dra:ft/

n.通风,气流,穿堂风

It refers to a flow of cool air in a room or other confined space.

它指的是在房间或其他密闭空间中的冷空气流动。

There is a draught blew in from the open window in her room.

她房间里有一股冷风从打开着的窗户吹了进来

Don’t sit in the draught, or you will catch the cold soon.

别坐在风口处,否则你会很快感冒的。

最后再总结一下,

这两个词都是名词,

但“drought”表示

“旱灾;干旱(时期),旱季”;

而“draught”则是

“通风,气流,穿堂风”之意

英文名对每个人,尤其是留学生们变得越来越重要。但是在备考O-Level英语的小伙伴们也并不知道如何起英文名,往往胡乱起结果产生很多问题。所以,千万别犯这些低级错误。

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