year of drought

基本解释

in a year of drought the leaves may change before their time;
干旱的年头里树叶也会提前掉落呀；
There may be cool mornings in July; in a year of drought the leaves may change before their time; it is only with the first celery that summer is over.
可我却不愿相信——七月里也会有凉爽的清晨呀；干旱的年头里树叶也会提前掉落呀；仅第一棵西芹便宣告了夏季的逝去。
Turn on any tap, and it comes rushing out, clean and plentiful, even in the arid Southwest, where the Colorado River Basin is struggling through its 11th year of drought;
打开水龙头，纯净的用水喷涌而出，即使在严重缺水的西南部——面临第11个缺水年头的科罗拉多河流域，也是如此。

But this year, large parts of rural India have been hit by drought, reducing incomes and raising food prices.

But the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka suffered yet another year of drought.
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New Mexico is embarking on its third straight year of drought, water supplies have dipped to record lows, farmers and ranchers are struggling, and there are now signs of feral swine in 22 of the state's 33 counties.
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However, it will take a second or third year of bad drought for food prices to really have a persistent impact.
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