wastelandn.

Brit.

/ˈweɪs(t)land/,

/ˈweɪs(t)lənd/, U.S.

/ˈweɪs(t)ˌlænd/

Etymology: < waste n. + land n.¹; compare waste land under waste adj. This compound is now indistinguishable from collocations of the adjective: see waste adj. 1.

a. Land in its natural, uncultivated state. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun]

westerneOE

weste landOE

wastinea1175

westec1175

wastec1200

wildernc1200

wildernessc1200

wildernessc1230

warlottc1290

forestc1320

wastyc1325

deserta1398

wastern?a1400

wildnessa1513

the wilds of1600

vastness1605

vastacy1607

roughet1616

wild1637

wildland1686

bush1780

wastage1823

mesquite1834

wasteland1887

mulga1896

virgin bush1905

boondock1944

boonies1954

virgin land1955

1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xi. 200 The wasteland neatherds.

1916 Nature 12 Oct. 105/1 The most accessible of the wastelands would be selected and the order of planting laid down.

1919 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 181 A flock of from thirty to forty meadow-pipits feeding on waste-land.

b. Land (esp. that which is surrounded by developed land) not used or unfit for cultivation or building and allowed to run wild.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > underdeveloped land

wasteland1922

virgin country1929

1922 W. J. Locke Tale of Triona x. 116 They walked..through the maze of new and distressingly decorous avenues, some finished, others petering out..into placarded building lots or waste land.

1933 Archit. Rev. 74 166/1 Farm and meadow, hedge and coppice are all part of a system which the urban dweller takes for granted but which agricultural decay can only transform..into wasteland, flood and marsh.

1969 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 18 Within a stone's throw of the Guildhall are wasteland areas created by the bombing of 25 years ago.

1974 A. J. Huxley Plant & Planet xxix. 359 Land sterilization by building and industrial use, and the subsequent creation of wastelands.

1980 Daily Tel. 23 July 2/2 A conference on wasteland, organised in London by Thames Television.

c. spec. a waterless or treeless region, a desert. (Not distinguishable from some examples at sense 1a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert

desert?c1225

bare1683

slate-land1733

barren1784

mesquite1834

badlands1850

hardscrabble1859

pindan1888

in (also up) the blue1963

wasteland1966

the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > emptiness > empty or desolate region

desert?c1225

wilderness1594

wasteland1966

1966 F. Herbert Dune 399 The stranger might think nothing could live or grow in the open here, that this was the true wasteland that had never been fertile and never would be.

1969 Daily Tel. 3 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 20/4 Horses cannot last long in that pitiless wasteland where no rain has fallen for the last five years.

1979 P. Theroux Old Patagonian Express (1980) vii. 131 We were in a waterless desert: no sign of the river in this parched wasteland.

d. transferred and figurative, sometimes with allusion to T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land (1922).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [noun] > unproductive place

no man's landc1350

wilderness1594

wastage1823

Sahara1855

wasteland1869

dead zone1902

1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn I. xxxvi. 310 Young members..who are green from the waste lands and road-sides of private life.

1932 H. Nicolson Let. 15 Apr. (1966) 114 He [sc. Sir Oswald Mosley] will be edged gradually into becoming a revolutionary—and to that waste land I cannot follow him.

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! v. 281 The composer finds himself in a spiritual waste land.

1964 S. Bellow Herzog 75 The commonplaces of the Wasteland outlook.

1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 27 May 7/1 Television's sad wasteland.

1976 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 27 35 Above all, there is one fundamental chasm which divides this terminological wasteland.

1981 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Nov. 34 The once proud and efficient public school system of the United States…has turned into a wasteland.

2. New Zealand. (See quot. 1875.)

ΚΠ

1844 F. Mathew Reports (typescript) II. 18 Any attempt on his part to assert the right of the Crown, without purchase, to what are known as Waste Lands would have immediately been attended with serious results.

1875 J. Vogel Official Handbk. N.Z. 103 Public—or as they are called, ‘waste’—lands are sold on several principles.

1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs 1st Ser. viii. 205 Godley..was very much against letting the ‘waste lands’ in large areas.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	wasteland
释义	wastelandn. Brit. /ˈweɪs(t)land/, /ˈweɪs(t)lənd/, U.S. /ˈweɪs(t)ˌlænd/ Etymology: < waste n. + land n.¹; compare waste land under waste adj. This compound is now indistinguishable from collocations of the adjective: see waste adj. 1. 1. a. Land in its natural, uncultivated state. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] westerneOE weste landOE wastinea1175 westec1175 wastec1200 wildernc1200 wildernessc1200 wildernessc1230 warlottc1290 forestc1320 wastyc1325 deserta1398 wastern?a1400 wildnessa1513 the wilds of1600 vastness1605 vastacy1607 roughet1616 wild1637 wildland1686 bush1780 wastage1823 mesquite1834 wasteland1887 mulga1896 virgin bush1905 boondock1944 boonies1954 virgin land1955 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xi. 200 The wasteland neatherds. 1916 Nature 12 Oct. 105/1 The most accessible of the wastelands would be selected and the order of planting laid down. 1919 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 181 A flock of from thirty to forty meadow-pipits feeding on waste-land. b. Land (esp. that which is surrounded by developed land) not used or unfit for cultivation or building and allowed to run wild. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > underdeveloped land wasteland1922 virgin country1929 1922 W. J. Locke Tale of Triona x. 116 They walked..through the maze of new and distressingly decorous avenues, some finished, others petering out..into placarded building lots or waste land. 1933 Archit. Rev. 74 166/1 Farm and meadow, hedge and coppice are all part of a system which the urban dweller takes for granted but which agricultural decay can only transform..into wasteland, flood and marsh. 1969 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 18 Within a stone's throw of the Guildhall are wasteland areas created by the bombing of 25 years ago. 1974 A. J. Huxley Plant & Planet xxix. 359 Land sterilization by building and industrial use, and the subsequent creation of wastelands. 1980 Daily Tel. 23 July 2/2 A conference on wasteland, organised in London by Thames Television. c. spec. a waterless or treeless region, a desert. (Not distinguishable from some examples at sense 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert desert?c1225 bare1683 slate-land1733 barren1784 mesquite1834 badlands1850 hardscrabble1859 pindan1888 in (also up) the blue1963 wasteland1966 the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > emptiness > empty or desolate region desert?c1225 wilderness1594 wasteland1966 1966 F. Herbert Dune 399 The stranger might think nothing could live or grow in the open here, that this was the true wasteland that had never been fertile and never would be. 1969 Daily Tel. 3 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 20/4 Horses cannot last long in that pitiless wasteland where no rain has fallen for the last five years. 1979 P. Theroux Old Patagonian Express (1980) vii. 131 We were in a waterless desert: no sign of the river in this parched wasteland. d. transferred and figurative, sometimes with allusion to T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land (1922). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [noun] > unproductive place no man's landc1350 wilderness1594 wastage1823 Sahara1855 wasteland1869 dead zone1902 1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn I. xxxvi. 310 Young members..who are green from the waste lands and road-sides of private life. 1932 H. Nicolson Let. 15 Apr. (1966) 114 He [sc. Sir Oswald Mosley] will be edged gradually into becoming a revolutionary—and to that waste land I cannot follow him. 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! v. 281 The composer finds himself in a spiritual waste land. 1964 S. Bellow Herzog 75 The commonplaces of the Wasteland outlook. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 27 May 7/1 Television's sad wasteland. 1976 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 27 35 Above all, there is one fundamental chasm which divides this terminological wasteland. 1981 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Nov. 34 The once proud and efficient public school system of the United States…has turned into a wasteland. 2. New Zealand. (See quot. 1875.) ΚΠ 1844 F. Mathew Reports (typescript) II. 18 Any attempt on his part to assert the right of the Crown, without purchase, to what are known as Waste Lands would have immediately been attended with serious results. 1875 J. Vogel Official Handbk. N.Z. 103 Public—or as they are called, ‘waste’—lands are sold on several principles. 1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs 1st Ser. viii. 205 Godley..was very much against letting the ‘waste lands’ in large areas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1844
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