arid

• adj.乾燥した; 不毛の, [農]荒涼とした

arの語源で、ardは火をつける、燃やす。

arid

arid: [17] English acquired arid from Latin aridus, either directly or via French aride. The Latin adjective is part of a web of related words denoting ‘dryness’ or ‘burning’: it came from the verb ārēre ‘be dry’, which may be the source of area; it seems to have connections with a prehistoric Germanic *azgon, source of English ash ‘burnt matter’, and with Greek azaléos ‘dry’, source of English azalea [18] (so named from its favouring dry soil); and the Latin verb ardēre ‘burn’ was derived from it, from which English gets ardour [14], ardent [14], and arson.
=> ardour, area, arson, ash, azalea

arid (adj.)

1650s, "dry, parched," from French aride (15c.) or directly from Latin aridus "dry, arid, parched," from arere "to be dry," from PIE root *as- "to burn, glow" (see ash (n.1)). Figurative sense of "uninteresting" is from 1827. Related: Aridly.

1. Many black Namibians are subsistence farmers who live in the arid borderlands.

土地のやせた国境地帯に生息するナミビアの黒人農場主の多くの収穫は、自分の食糧を維持するのに十分ではない。

2. arid and semi- arid deserts

干ばつと半干ばつの砂漠

3.These trees will shield off arid winds and protect the fields.

これらの木は乾燥風を防ぎ、農地を保護することができる。

4.The Sahara Desert is arid .

サハラ砂漠は非常に乾燥している。

5.No crops will grow in arid soil.

いかなる農作物も干上がった土壌では成長できない。