干涸

No crops will grow in arid soil.

任何农作物都不能在干土壤中生长。

The long drought dried up all the wells.

长期干旱所有井都干了。

AFTER 18 months of sunny skies and scorching heat, crops are shrivelling, lawns are crisping and lakes are drying up.

经受18个月艳阳高照和酷热之苦后，农作物慢慢在枯萎，草坪缓缓在卷曲和湖也渐渐在干。

Dupiton has spent the last few months overseeing an ambitious project to widen the La Quinte river, the biggest of several that empty at the town, so that it does not burst its banks once again.

过去几个月内，杜普顿一直为“拓宽肯特”计划忙碌着。肯特是城里已干道里最大一个，他持续监测是为了确保水不会再次崩坝。