dearth
A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensiveA period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
» Shortly thereafter, the dearth returned to the house.
Значення
значень: 3(злічуване, незлічуване)A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
(ширше, злічуване, незлічуване)Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
(злічуване, застаріле, незлічуване)Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.
- an insufficient quantity or number
- an acute insufficiency
Приклади
речень: 7Shortly thereafter, the dearth returned to the house.
For a writer there is no dearth of detractors.
deEinem Schriftsteller mangelt es nie an Kritikern.
There is no dearth of good will, only of courage.
ruВ доброй воле нет недостатка, только в храбрости.
There is a dearth of available medical personnel to administer vaccines.
There is a dearth of sentences involving the word "dearth" on Tatoeba.
Походження
First attested at least as early as the late 1300s, and appearing in Tyndale’s PentateuchFirst attested at least as early as the late 1300s, and appearing in Tyndale’s Pentateuch (1530) as well as the Coverdale Bible (1535). From Middle English derth, derthe, derþe, probably from Old English *dīerþ, *dīerþu, from Proto-West Germanic *diuriþu, from Proto-Germanic *diuriþō (“costliness, preciousness, honour”); corresponding to dear + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Old Saxon diuriða (“glory, honour; preciousness”), West Frisian djoerte (“love, dearness, value, worth”), Dutch duurte (“dearness; scarcity, dearth”), Icelandic dýrð (“honour, glory”).
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