缩水: to shrink (in the wash), to shrink (of profits etc)...
拨打: to call, to dial...
颠簸: to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence), to undergo a rough experience...
运: to move, to transport, to use, to apply, fortune, luck, fate...
挤: to crowd in, to cram in, to force others aside, to press, to squeeze, to find (time in one's busy schedule)...
干旱: drought, arid, dry...
