thirstiest 口渴的(thirsty的最高级)
- Some crops require water-hungry irrigation systems to thrive, but what is the thirstiest crop of all?
一些作物需要用水大户的灌溉系统来保证其成长,但是,最“饥渴”的作物是那一种呢? - With nearly a quarter of the world's population, but just 8% of its freshwater, China is the thirstiest nation on earth.
中国是世界上最缺水的国家,人口占世界的四分之一,可淡水却只有世界的8%。 - WWF's freshwater and agriculture experts are focusing on sugar, cotton and rice as three of the " thirstiest " Crop that reduce biodiversity in priority river basins and ecoregions.
世界自然基金会和农业专家将重点放在糖、棉花、水稻这三种“最饥渴”的作物上,这些作物能够降低原来江河流域和生态区的生物多样性。
Thirsty \Thirst"y\, a. [Compar. {Thirstier}; superl.
{Thirstiest}.] [AS. ?urstig. See {Thirst}, n.]
1. Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation
from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I
am thirsty. --Judges iv.
19.
2. Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
A dry and thirsty land, where no water is. --Ps.
lxiii. 1.
When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant. --Addison.