āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
dry spell
/dÉšËaÉĒ spËÉl/
Dry spell
Idiom
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
After a series of successful projects, the artist experienced a dry spell where creativity seemed elusive.
āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§, āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¤āĻž āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
1.1
āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛, āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
a period that is lacking productivity, profit, success, etc.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The agricultural region suffered from a dry spell, leading to poor crop yields and financial losses for farmers.
āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĢāĻ¸āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻĢāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
1.2
āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛, āĻ¯ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
a period of time that has passed without being in any sexual relationship
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Jessica had been going through a dry spell in her love life and had n't been intimate with anyone for quite some time.
āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
