dust bowl

1. N-COUNT A dust bowl is an area of land, especially in the southern or central United States, that is dry and arid because the soil has been eroded by the wind. (尤指在美國南部或中部的)風(fēng)沙浸蝕區(qū)[美國英語]

...the same fate that befell the midwestern dust bowl in the thirties. ...三十年代發(fā)生在中西部風(fēng)沙浸蝕區(qū)的相同命運(yùn)。