单词 | deserted |
释义 | desertedde‧sert‧ed /dɪˈzɜːtɪd $ -ɜːr-/ ●○○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUSwith no people► empty Collocations used about a place that has no one in it or no one using it: · There were no lights on and the house looked empty.· the empty streets ► free used about a seat, space, or room that is available to use because no one else is using it: · Is this seat free?· There are never any parking spaces free at this time of day. ► vacant used about a room or building that is available for people to pay to use: · a vacant apartment· The next guesthouse we tried had a couple of rooms vacant. ► deserted used about a place that is quiet because there is no one there, or because the people who used to be there have left: · a deserted village· It was three o'clock in the morning and the streets were deserted. ► uninhabited used about a place that has no people living in it, especially permanently: · an uninhabited island ► unoccupied especially written used about a house, room, or office that no one is living in or using at the moment: · unoccupied buildings· Burglaries frequently happen when people are on holiday and their house is unoccupied. Longman Language Activatorplace/area of land► empty a place that is empty has no-one in it: · It was 2 o'clock in the morning and the streets were completely empty. ► deserted a place that is deserted is empty and quiet because there is no one there, or the people who are usually there have left: · The beach was deserted and unsafe for bathing according to the guidebook.· We passed through several deserted villages whose inhabitants had fled. ► uninhabited an area or place that is uninhabited has no people living in it: · Most of the islands in Clear Bay are uninhabited.· Access to this remote uninhabited Himalayan mountain is via high snow-covered passes. ► desolate an area that is desolate is empty and sad-looking, because there are no people there, no trees or plants growing, and nothing attractive to see: · We looked out over a desolate landscape of bare trees and stony fields.· The little mining town was desolate and ugly.· the desolate terrain of the moon ► ghost town a town that is empty because all the people have left: become/turn into a ghost town: · Since the closing of the coal mines the place has become a ghost town.· By March the population had been evacuated, and Verdun had become a ghost town. ► wasteland an area of land, especially in a city, that is empty, ugly, and unused: · The area down by the docks is just a wasteland.· Detectives discovered the man's body dumped on wasteland near the railway. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► stands ... deserted Phrases The old mine now stands completely deserted. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► deserted/empty beach (=with no one on it)· We took a boat to a deserted beach. ► empty/deserted street (=with no people)· As he walked home, the street was deserted. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► beach· Take care not to swim out too far, particularly on deserted beaches.· The sunset over a deserted beach.· She had bathed naked from a deserted beach with this man, and lain with him afterwards among sand-dunes.· When it was sunny we picnicked among the forest's ponies and searched for fossils on deserted beaches.· Like Kos, Rhodes has many fine, deserted beaches but it's best getting there by car. ► street· We deployed on to the cold, deserted streets, two teams from the back gate and one from the front.· We only drove as far as a deserted street by the railroad tracks in our hometown so we could make out.· No, this technique is only to be used when travelling home alone, late at night, through fairly deserted streets.· We walked up the deserted street with me breathing deeply and Jamie holding me by one elbow.· The saucer drops between the towers, flies low over strangely deserted streets and comes suddenly to a grinding halt.· On every deserted street gutted houses sagged open, their contents indecently exposed to view.· Drawing the curtain across the windows she looked out on the gloomy, almost deserted street.· One evening, towards midnight, I was walking back to my hotel from Dana's place along a deserted street. ► village· Tatiana Rovkatch, 12, remembers the shock of seeing pictures of the deserted villages around the plant.· He walked home through the quiet and at this hour deserted village.· He led Maggie down the mountain to the deserted village and headed south-west, following the river bank.· These later uses for deserted village sites need to be appreciated if the full landscape story is to be understood.· From both deserted village sites and surviving nucleated settlements, a very complex picture of change and development is beginning to emerge.· One day last week we stopped in a deserted village and the guerrillas led me to where lunch was being prepared.· Like most deserted villages Great Stretton was always on the small side, but in 1563 it still contained fifteen families. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► deserted wife/husband/child etc 1empty and quiet because no people are there: The streets were deserted. The old mine now stands completely deserted.► see thesaurus at empty2deserted wife/husband/child etc a wife etc who has been left by her husband etc
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