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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