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deserts

/dez-ert/US // ˈdɛz ərt //UK // (ˈdɛzət) //

沙漠,荒漠,漠,荒漠化

Related Words

lonely孤独的,寂寞的,孤单的,孤独desolate荒凉,凄凉,荒凉的,荒芜uninhabited无人居住,无人居住的,没有人烟,没有人居住arid旱地,旱灾,旱区,旱季wilderness荒野,荒地,旷野,荒原quit退出,辞职,戒掉depart启程,出发,遣散,启程前往bolt螺栓,螺栓连接,闩,闩上escape逃避,逃脱,逃跑,逃亡vacate撤离,迁出,腾出,腾空flee逃离,逃亡,逃跑,逃走forsake摒弃,抛弃,弃之不顾,弃绝betray叛变,出卖,背叛,叛离give up放弃,舍弃,放弃吧,罢休wild野生,野性,野外,野生的solitary孤独的,独居者,孤立无援,孤立无援的waste浪费,废物,废弃物,废弃bare光光的,赤裸裸的,光光,裸露的solitude孤独,孤独感,孤寂,寂寞barren不毛之地,贫瘠,贫瘠的,荒芜的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all: The Sahara is a vast sandy desert.
    • : any area in which few forms of life can exist because of lack of water, permanent frost, or absence of soil.
    • : an area of the ocean in which it is believed no marine life exists.
    • : any unsettled area between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains thought to be unsuitable for human habitation.
    • : any place lacking in something: The town was a cultural desert.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or like a desert:a desert landscape.
    • : occurring, living, or flourishing in the desert: a desert tribe; a desert palm.
    • : designed or suitable for wear in the desert, as cool, protective clothing: a big, wide-brimmed desert hat.

Phrases

  • desert a sinking ship
  • just deserts

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounwhat is due one
Synonyms
chastening责罚,责备,督责,训诫chastisement责罚,惩罚,刑罚,惩戒comeuppance报应,报复,报酬,复仇compensation补偿,赔偿金,赔偿,补偿金deserving值得尊敬的,应得的,值得赞扬的,值得信赖的discipline纪律,管教,惩戒,纪律性disciplining惩戒,处分,纪律处分,管教due应有的,应付,应有,应得的guerdon牧羊人,牧民,牧童,牧羊犬meed我,我的,我的意思是,我的名字merit优点,功绩,案情,价值payment支付,支付费用,支付方式,支付款项penalty惩罚,罚款,刑罚,罚则punishment惩罚,惩处,刑罚,处罚recompense报偿,报酬,补偿,赔偿requital请求书,要求,请求,赎罪retribution报应,报复,报酬,报偿return返回,回归,返还,回返revenge复仇,报,报复,报仇reward奖励,奖赏,报酬,奖金right对,正确,权利,对的get hers得到她的,获得她的,得到她,拿到她的get his获得他的,得到他的,得到他,得到了他的talion灵魂,灵魂之城,灵魂深处,灵魂之光what is coming to one将来的事,将来的事情,何去何从what one is asking for所求,所求之事,所要求的,要求的东西

Examples

  • Matthews calls the Yakima Valley site in Washington state “desert in the shadow of Mount Rainier.”

  • By late March, when ski season would normally be in full swing, hotels were empty, streets deserted.

  • It was hard to miss the dramatic, toothy peaks that spike up in the middle of the Nevada desert just south of that route.

  • State government officials have not lifted the mandate that would allow them to open indoors, so they decided to take their operation outside — into the desert.

  • Earth is thought to have been born in an interplanetary desert, too close to the sun for water ice to survive.

  • Normality, domesticity, ease, in the blazing Arizona desert.

  • Desert Golfing is the distillation of Angry Birds into its purest essence.

  • Desert Golfing is the gaming equivalent of putting TV on in the background.

  • If life gets in the way, Desert Golfing totally understands.

  • But an ad-supported version of Desert Golfing was impossible.

  • After we had passed over this desert, we found several garisons to defend the caravans from the violence of the Tartars.

  • The leaves were motionless, the river crept past without a murmur, the dark hills rose out of the distant desert like a wave.

  • The author of the life of St. Francis Xavier, asserts, that "by one sermon he converted ten thousand persons in a desert island."

  • Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest.

  • The dining room was for the souls of the locals, who could admire the desert more conveniently than find a good meal.

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