Sere



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.干枯的, 凋萎的
• ［英］ adj.干枯的, 凋萎的 ( being dried and withered)
• ［类］ 反义词: verdant ( 翠绿的) ; lush ( 青翠的) ; damp ( 潮湿的)
• ［记］ 不要和sear ( 烧灼) 相混
• ［例］ Leaves become sere under the searing sun.

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective also sear

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sēar dry; akin to Old High German sōrēn to wither, Greek hauos dry, Lithuanian sausas
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. being dried and withered
• 2. archaic threadbare

II. noun

• Etymology: Latin series series
• Date: 1916
• a series of ecological communities formed in ecological succession

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