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desert

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Related topics: Geography
des·ert1 /ˈdezət $ -ərt/ ●●○ W3 noun  
1  [countableC, uncountableU]SG a large area of land where it is always very dry, there are few plants, and there is a lot of sand or rocks 沙漠，荒漠
 the Sahara Desert
撒哈拉沙漠
 This area of the country is mostly desert.
该国的这一地区大部分是沙漠。
in the desert
 The plane crash-landed in the desert.
飞机迫降在沙漠中。
→4  See picture of 见图 desert
2  ldoce_066.png [countableC]BORING a place where there is no activity or where nothing interesting happens 冷清的地方；无趣的地方
 The railroad yard was a desert now.
铁路调车场现在冷冷清清。
Do not confuse with dessert (=the sweet part of a meal).
不要与 dessert（甜点）混淆。
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
vast (=extremely big)
the vast Gobi desert in China
empty (=with no buildings or people in it)
Outside the city there was nothing but empty desert.
arid (=with very little rain)
Very little can grow in this arid desert.
an inhospitable desert (=not easy to live or stay in)
The interior of the country is an inhospitable desert.
a barren desert (=where no plants can grow)
Years of intensive farming have turned the area into a barren desert.
desert + NOUN
a desert area/region
A hot dry wind blows from the desert areas of North Africa.
a desert landscape
the flat desert landscape outside Kuwait
desert country/land
Large parts of Oman are desert country.
the desert sun/heat
Animals shelter from the desert sun during the day.
phrases
a stretch/expanse of desert (=a very large area of desert)
In front of us was nothing but a vast expanse of desert.
Examples from the Corpus
desert• a US Army deserter• The restaurant space also gives the sense of a genuine, if somewhat too comfortable, desert experience.• The story happened in a sandy desert.• It was used in the Persian Gulf war to target smart bombs and guide tanks across the desert.• Thirst is banished, and the desert becomes their home.• These Sundays were the oases of human contact in the desert of my loneliness.• So if you go for a walk in the desert in a few years time and a plane flies overhead, hide.• He was pointing off toward the desert.
in the desert• Stirling had little patience with the planning staffs' obsession with large set-piece armoured battles in the desert.• The turnaround was to have begun in the deserts of Arizona.• This was to use his old friends of 216 Squadron to resupply his force by landing their Bombays in the desert.• She had intended to lay the circles in the desert in a symmetrical honeycomb pattern, recalling the bees of her vision.• They stopped for a drink in the deserted bar.• They'd planned to go with Sinatra to his home in the desert to see in the New Year.• Moses finds a shepherd in the desert.• Who or what made the tracks in the desert sand?
Related topics: Army
de·sert2 /dɪˈzɜːt $ -ˈzɜːrt/ ●○○ verb   → dessert
1  [transitiveT]LEAVE A RELATIONSHIP to leave someone or something and no longer help or support them 遗弃，抛弃，离弃 SYN abandon
 Helen was deserted by her husband.
海伦被丈夫遗弃了。
 Many of the party’s traditional voters deserted it at the last election.
许多长期支持该党的选民在上一次选举中抛弃了它。
 The price rise caused many readers to desert the magazine.
价格上涨导致许多读者放弃了这本杂志。
desert somebody for somebody
 He deserted her for another woman.
他为了另一个女人而抛弃了她。
2  [transitiveT]LEAVE YOUR HOME/COUNTRY to leave a place so that it is completely empty 离开，舍弃〔某地〕 SYN abandon
 The birds have deserted their nest.
这些鸟舍弃了它们的窝。
3  [intransitiveI]PMA to leave the army, navy etc without permission 擅自离开军队，开小差
 Several hundred soldiers have deserted.
几百名士兵开了小差。
4  [transitiveT]EMOTIONAL# if a feeling, quality, or skill deserts you, you no longer have it, especially at a time when you need it 〔感觉、品质或技艺〕离开，丧失
 Mike’s confidence seemed to have deserted him.
迈克的信心似乎已经离他而去。
Examples from the Corpus
desert• U.S. officials say 1000 enemy soldiers have deserted.• The three men had tried to desert, but were brought back to camp and shot.• Mrs Hasan was deserted by her husband and had to support four children on her own.• Goldilocks finds a house in the woods that seems to have been deserted by its owners.• Several thousand soldiers desert every year, and military prosecutors, knowing the conditions, are reluctant to punish them.• He obtained the grenades from a friend who had deserted from the army.• Paul feels that his father deserted him after the divorce.• His own men deserted him, poisoned his food, and eventually shot him in the head.• The present site was apparently first recorded about 1939 and Aldershaw was deserted in 1947.• His father had deserted the family when Graham was three years old.• I deserted the play, as did the other actors on stage, and leapt into the audience.• Hibs' contribution was substantial until their stamina deserted them.
Origin desert1
(1100-1200) Old French Late Latin desertum, from Latin desertus, past participle of deserere “to desert”
 desert2
(1300-1400) French déserter, from Latin desertus; → DESERT1
des·ert1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1de·sert2 verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3426 COCA: 2196
desert

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + DESERT | DESERT + VERB | DESERT + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤arid, barren, dry, hot乾旱的／不毛的／乾燥的／炎熱的沙漠◇green fields surrounded by arid desert乾旱沙漠包圍的綠洲➤vast廣袤的沙漠➤empty, open (especially NAmE) 空曠的／開闊的沙漠▸➤inhospitable荒涼的沙漠▸➤Arctic, polar北極荒漠；極地荒原➤high高地沙漠➤flat平坦的沙漠▸➤cultural (figurative) 文化沙漠◇The town has become a cultural desert.這個鎮子變成了一個文化荒漠。VERB + DESERT➤become, turn into, turn to變成沙漠◇The land loses its protective cover of vegetation and soon turns into desert.土地失去植被保護就會很快變成沙漠。➤cross穿越沙漠◇He became the first person to cross the desert on foot.他成了第一個徒步穿越這片沙漠的人。DESERT + VERB➤stretch沙漠延伸◇The desert stretched for endless miles on all sides of us.沙漠向我們周圍無限延伸。DESERT + NOUN➤area, country, land, landscape, region沙漠區域／國家／地帶／風光／地區◇vast tracts of desert land大片大片一望無際的沙漠地帶➤conditions沙漠環境▸➤heat沙漠高溫▸➤sand, soil沙漠沙土；荒漠土壤▸➤floor, surface沙漠地面／地表▸➤plain沙漠平原▸➤animal, plant沙漠動物／植物PREPOSITION➤across the desert, through the desert穿越沙漠◇their journey across the desert他們穿越沙漠的旅行➤in the desert在沙漠裏◇cold nights in the desert沙漠裏寒冷的夜晚➤into the desert進入沙漠◇He drove off into the desert.他駕車進入了沙漠。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3426 COCA: 2196
desert verb
⇨ abandon (The villages had been deserted.) ⇨ leave 5 (Don't worry — I won't desert you.) desert

noun

desert ♦︎ wilderness ♦︎ bush ♦︎ wasteland ♦︎ the wilds ♦︎ no-man's land ♦︎ the outback ♦︎ dust bowl ♦︎ wastesThese words all mean a large area of land where very few people live or can survive. 这些词均表示荒凉之地。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in / into the desert / the wilderness / the bush / the wilds / no-man's land / the outback◆across the desert / no-man's land / the outback◆arid / barren / arctic / frozen desert / wilderness / wasteland / wastes◆the Australian desert / wilderness / bush / outback◆the African desert / wilderness / bush◆a cultural desert / wasteland◆to become a desert / wasteland■ desert [countable, uncountable] a large area of land that has very little water and very few plants growing on it. Many deserts are covered by sand. 沙漠；荒漠；荒原◆the Sahara Desert撒哈拉大沙漠◆Somalia is mostly desert.索马里大部分地区都是荒漠。◆They travelled many miles across burning desert sands.他们在灼热的沙漠里行走了许多英里。■ wilderness ˈwɪldənəs; NAmE ˈwɪldərnəs [countable, usually singular] a large area of land that has never been developed or used for growing crops because it is difficult to live there; a place that people do not take care of or control 荒原；野地；荒芜的地方◆The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness.南极洲是世界上最后一个大荒原。◆ (NAmE) The US Department of Agriculture designated the land a wilderness area (= where it is not permitted to build houses or roads) in 1978.1978年美国农业部将这片土地划定为自然环境保留地区。◆That part of the city is a wilderness of run-down houses and derelict factories.该市的那一区域很荒僻，到处是破败的住房和废弃的工厂。■ bush ( often 常作 the bush) [uncountable] an area of wild land that has not been cleared, especially in Africa and Australia （尤指非洲和澳大利亚的）荒野◆Children are taught from an early age how to survive in the bush.孩子们从小就学习在荒野中求生的方法。■ wasteland ˈweɪstlænd [countable, uncountable] an area of land that cannot be used or that is no longer used for building or growing things on 荒地；不毛之地；废弃地◆City life could be improved by turning urban wastelands into parks.把城市的废弃土地改造成公园能够使城市生活得到改善。◆The film was shot in the desert wasteland of southern California.这部影片在加利福尼亚州南部的荒漠里拍摄。■ the wilds [plural] areas of a country far from towns or cities, where few people live 偏远地区；人烟稀少的地区◆It's a true tale of survival in the wilds of Alaska.这是一个在阿拉斯加人烟稀少的地区求生的真实故事。◆ (humorous) They live on a farm somewhere out in the wilds.他们住在边远地区的一个农场里。■ ˈno-man's land [uncountable, singular] an area of land between the borders of two countries or between two armies, that is not controlled by either （边境的）无人区域；（两军之间的）无人地带◆He led his platoon across no-man's land.他率领一排士兵越过了无人地带。■ the outback [countable, singular] the area of Australia that is a long way from the coast and the towns, where few people live （澳大利亚的）内地，内陆地区◆They live an isolated life in the outback of New South Wales.他们在新南威尔士州的内陆地区过着与世隔绝的生活。■ ˈdust bowl [countable, usually singular] an area of land that has recently been turned into desert by lack of rain or too much farming 风沙侵蚀区；干旱尘暴区◆Many families struggled to survive in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl of the 1930s.20世纪30年代，许多家庭在俄克拉何马州的风沙侵蚀区苦苦挣扎求生。■ wastes [plural] (formal) a large area of land where there are very few people, animals or plants 荒原；荒芜地区；人烟稀少的地区◆Millions of people were exiled to the frozen wastes of Siberia.数百万人被流放到西伯利亚的冻土荒原。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3426 COCA: 2196

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