1.bone dry 极干燥的;十分干燥的
Now the river bed is bone dry.
目前河床十分干燥 。
2.rancher n. 大农场经营者;大农场工人
The rancher must always be on guard against the dangers that nature can create.
牧场主必须时刻防备可能发生的自然灾害 。
3.livestock n. 牲畜;家畜
The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.
大雨和洪水淹死了许多家畜 。
4.fallow adj. 休耕的;不活跃的 n. 休耕地;休耕 vt. 使(土地)休闲;潜伏
There followed something of a fallow period professionally, until a job came up in the summer.
接下来事业上出现了一个空档,直到夏天的时候来了份新工作 。