– but after that one dessicating summer, 66% said they’d been seeing worsening droughts for decades.
– 但在那个干燥的夏季之后,66% 的人表示他们几十年来一直看到干旱加剧。
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That's because cinnamon, the delicious spice that turns butter and sugar and bread into MAGIC, is actually the dessicated, powdered bark of cinnamon trees.
那是因为肉桂,这种能将黄油、糖和面包变成魔法的美味香料, 实际上是肉桂树的干燥粉末状树皮。
十字小溪(上)
Old Jib has lived to be a veritable Egyptian mummy of a cat, lean and dessicated, with an eye cocked to watch the birds and the chameleons he has not disturbed for many years.
Desiccation is the state of extreme dryness, or the process of extreme drying. A desiccant is a hygroscopic (attracts and holds water) substance that induces or sustains such a state in its local vicinity in a moderately sealed container.