dry spell
dry spell — 名詞
1. a stretch of time during which there is little or no rainfall, often causing the
乾旱期
長期無雨的時期
a stretch of time during which there is little or no rainfall, often causing the ground to dry out and plants to suffer.
The farmers in Isabela's village worried about their crops after a three-month dry spell.
Isabela 村裡的農民在經歷三個月的乾旱期後，開始擔心他們的作物。
collocation: [number]‑month/year dry spell
During the dry spell, the river shrunk so much that children could walk across it.
在乾旱期期間，河水縮減到連小孩都能直接走過去。
collocation: during the dry spell
Reema checked the weather forecast every morning, hoping the dry spell would end.
Reema 每天早上查看天氣預報，希望乾旱期趕快結束。
A long dry spell in the region forced many cattle farmers to sell their animals.
該地區的長期乾旱期迫使許多養牛農民賣掉他們的牲口。
The dry spell finally broke when heavy rain poured down over the weekend.
那波乾旱期終於結束，週末降下了傾盆大雨。
- drought
stronger — implies a severe, often damaging lack of water over a wide area
- dry period
more neutral and less idiomatic than 'dry spell'
- drought conditions
used in official or scientific reports
- wet spell
a period of unusually frequent rain
- rainy season
the predictable annual period of heavy rain in some climates
文法句型
a [length] dry spell
dry spell of [time period]
用法筆記
Frequently used with time-length adjectives such as "long", "prolonged", or "two‑month" before the noun.
常見錯誤
2. a stretch in which a person, team, or organisation cannot produce the successful
低潮期
無法取得進展或成功的時期
a stretch in which a person, team, or organisation cannot produce the successful results they would normally achieve.
After two losing seasons, the basketball team ended their dry spell with a win.
在連續兩季吞敗之後，那支籃球隊用一場勝利終結了他們的低潮期。
collocation: end a dry spell
Asher went through a dry spell at work with no new clients for months.
Asher 在工作上經歷了一段低潮期，好幾個月都沒有新客戶。
Hana applied to ten jobs before her dry spell ended with two offers.
Hana 投了十份履歷，低潮期終於結束，收到了兩份錄取通知。
The actor's career dry spell lasted nearly two years until he landed a lead role.
那位演員的事業低潮期長達將近兩年，直到他接到一個主演角色。
The company's dry spell in sales worried the shareholders at the annual meeting.
該公司的銷售低潮期讓股東們在年度會議上感到憂心。
- slump
more common in sports and business; suggests a drop from a previous higher level
- rough patch
more informal and broader in meaning
- losing streak
used mainly in competitive contexts like sports or gambling
- winning streak
a series of consecutive successes
- hot streak
informal — a period of unusually good performance
文法句型
[possessive] dry spell
[noun] dry spell
用法筆記
Often used with a possessive noun ("the team's dry spell", "her career dry spell") or a noun modifier ("a sales dry spell", "a goal-scoring dry spell").