英语词汇“desert”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	desert
释义	Trends of desert View usage for: desert Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense deserts, present participle deserting, past tense, past participle desertedpronunciation note: The noun is pronounced (dezəʳt). The verb is pronounced (dɪzɜːʳt) and is hyphenated de+sert. 1. variable noun [oft in names] A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants. ...the Sahara Desert. ...the burning desert sun. The vehicles have been modified to suit conditions in the desert. Synonyms: wilderness, waste, wilds, wasteland More Synonyms of desert 2. countable noun [with supplement] If you refer to a place or situation as a desert, you think it is bad for people because it is not interesting, exciting, or useful in any way. [disapproval] They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete. 3. verb If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty. Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs. [VERB noun] After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets. [VERB noun] Synonyms: abandon, leave, give up, quit [informal] More Synonyms of desert deserted adjective They went off to swim in the pool, which was now deserted. She led them into a deserted sidestreet. Synonyms: empty, abandoned, desolate, neglected More Synonyms of desert Synonyms: abandoned, neglected, forsaken, lonely More Synonyms of desert 4. verb If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you. Mrs Roding's husband deserted her years ago. [VERB noun] He has been deserted by most of his advisers. [VERB noun] Synonyms: leave, abandon, dump [informal], strand More Synonyms of desert desertion (dɪzɜːʳʃən)Word forms: plural desertions variable noun ...her father's desertion. Synonyms: abandonment, betrayal, forsaking, dereliction More Synonyms of desert 5. verb If you desert something that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it. The paper's price rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers. [VERB] He was pained to see many youngsters deserting kibbutz life. [VERB noun] Discerning shoppers are deserting supermarkets for artisan bakers. [VERB noun + for] desertion variable noun ...a mass desertion of the Party by the electorate. [+ of] ...possible further desertions from the party at its conference. Synonyms: abandonment, betrayal, forsaking, dereliction More Synonyms of desert Synonyms: defection, betrayal, reneging, repudiation More Synonyms of desert 6. verb If a quality or skill that you normally have deserts you, you suddenly find that you do not have it when you need it or want it. Even when he appeared to be depressed, a dry sense of humour never deserted him. [VERB noun] She lost the next five games, and the set, as her confidence abruptly deserted her. [VERB noun] 7. verb If someone deserts, or deserts a job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission. He was a second-lieutenant in the army until he deserted. [VERB] He deserted from army intelligence last month. [VERB + from] Synonyms: abscond, flee, defect, decamp More Synonyms of desert desertion variable noun The high rate of desertion has added to the army's woes. There were a growing number of desertions from the federal army. Synonyms: abandonment, betrayal, forsaking, dereliction More Synonyms of desert Synonyms: absconding, flight, escape [informal], running away More Synonyms of desert 8. See to get your just deserts More Synonyms of desert desert in British English 1 (ˈdɛzət) noun 1. a region that is devoid or almost devoid of vegetation, esp because of low rainfall 2. an uncultivated uninhabited region 3. a place which lacks some desirable feature or quality a cultural desert 4. (modifier) of, relating to, or like a desert; infertile or desolate Word origin C13: from Old French, from Church Latin dēsertum, from Latin dēserere to abandon, literally: to sever one's links with, from de- + serere to bind together desert in British English 2 (dɪˈzɜːt) verb 1. (transitive) to leave or abandon (a person, place, etc) without intending to return, esp in violation of a duty, promise, or obligation 2. military to abscond from (a post or duty) with no intention of returning 3. (transitive) to fail (someone) in time of need his good humour temporarily deserted him 4. (transitive) Scots law to give up or postpone (a case or charge) Derived forms deserted (deˈserted) adjective deserter (deˈserter) noun Word origin C15: from French déserter, from Late Latin dēsertāre, from Latin dēserere to forsake; see desert1 desert in British English 3 (dɪˈzɜːt) noun 1. (often plural) something that is deserved or merited; just reward or punishment 2. the state of deserving a reward or punishment 3. virtue or merit Word origin C13: from Old French deserte, from deservir to deserve desert in American English 1 (dɪˈzɜrt) verb transitive 1. to forsake (someone or something that one ought not to leave); abandon 2. to leave (one's post, military service, etc.) without permission 3. to fail (someone) when most needed verb intransitive 4. to leave one's post, military duty, etc. without permission and with no intent to return, or, in war, in order to avoid hazardous duty SIMILAR WORDS: aˈbandon Derived forms deserter (deˈserter) noun Word origin Fr déserter < LL desertare < desertus, pp. of L deserere, to desert, lit., to disjoin < de-, from + serere, to join < IE base ser-, to join, place in a row > Gr eirein, to fasten in rows, L series desert in American English 2 (ˈdɛzərt) noun 1. an uncultivated region without inhabitants; wilderness 2. a dry, barren, sandy region, often extremely hot adjective 3. of a desert or deserts 4. wild and uninhabited a desert island SIMILAR WORDS: waste Word origin ME < OFr < LL(Ec) desertum, a desert, for L deserta < desertus: see desert1 desert in American English 3 (dɪˈzɜrt) noun 1. the fact of deserving reward or punishment 2. [often pl.] deserved reward or punishment to get one's just deserts 3. the quality of deserving reward; merit Word origin ME & OFr deserte < deservir: see deserve Image of desert © Denis Burdin, Shutterstock Examples of 'desert' in a sentence desert The banks are getting their just deserts. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The area was deserted on the days we visited. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The forest had given way to desert. Times, Sunday Times (2016) By day and especially by night, the place was deserted. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Expect wacky races across the desert in souped-up beach buggies. Times, Sunday Times (2016) In short, walking the desert is just walking. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Likewise, those that see a deserted beach are usually happy to spend long periods in their own company. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The next day I woke to eyeballs that felt like they'd been baking under a desert sun. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Three people were missing last night in Australia's western desert region prompting fears that their vehicle had been swept off a track by rising floods. Times, Sunday Times (2016) In the desert you can land where you want. Times, Sunday Times (2011) When they stopped doing that fine thing they seemed to be getting their just deserts. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The disease is carried in desert dust and people who work outside are particularly vulnerable. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The style of desert warfare is almost naval in its tactics. Times, Sunday Times (2009) There are especially high concentrations in desert regions. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Two others escaped after the attack on their cars in a desert area. The Sun (2010) But is it as much a cultural desert as a geographical one? Times, Sunday Times (2011) We turned the corner and walked down a deserted street. Sidney Sheldon The Other Side of Me The desert is the place where anything goes. Times, Sunday Times (2008) This was the only way the deserted monastery could be reached. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The scene is a deserted beach in the north of the island. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It was clear who the criminals were and they got their just deserts. Times, Sunday Times (2010) More than a dozen neighbourhoods that previously housed hundreds of thousands of people are deserted. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The sheer scale of the desert scenes leaves you gasping and the electric blue and orange landscapes sear your eyeballs. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Most of the army there has deserted, taking arms and men to the rebels. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Desert lands have become jungles, and visa versa. Times, Sunday Times (2010) A group of schoolboys run amok when they are abandoned on a desert island. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The Jail regime in crowded cells in the desert sun is so harsh that prisoners die of hunger or exhaustion. Times, Sunday Times (2015) In the winter the rain leaks through the seams; in the summer there is no escape from the scorching desert sun. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The 24 tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Air pollution episodes such as last week's happen between one and five times a year, although usually without desert dust. Times, Sunday Times (2014) A drama still slogging on through the Middle Eastern deserts hardly adapts to the demands of showbiz. Times, Sunday Times (2006) As England realised that they would have to work hard for their gains for the first time this series, their good humour deserted them. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Word lists with desert Scots law terms In other languages desert British English: desert /ˈdɛzət/ NOUN A desert* is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, which has almost no water, rain, trees, or plants. ...the Sahara Desert. American English: desert Arabic: صَحْرَاء Brazilian Portuguese: deserto Chinese: 沙漠 Croatian: pustinja Czech: poušť Danish: ørken Dutch: woestijn European Spanish: desierto Finnish: autiomaa French: désert German: Wüste Greek: έρημος Italian: deserto Japanese: 砂漠 Korean: 사막 Norwegian: ørken Polish: pustynia European Portuguese: deserto Romanian: deșert Russian: пустыня Latin American Spanish: desierto Swedish: öken Thai: ทะเลทราย Turkish: çöl Ukrainian: пустеля Vietnamese: sa mạc All related terms of 'desert' desert lynx → another name for caracal desert oak a tree, Casuarina decaisneana, of Central and NW Australia , the timber of which is resistant to termite attack desert palm a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida , having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits desert pea an Australian trailing leguminous plant, Clianthus formosus, with scarlet flowers desert rat a jerboa , Jaculus orientalis, inhabiting the deserts of N Africa Desert Rats → the Desert Rats desert rock a type of heavy-metal music that has strong country-rock and folk influences desert soil a type of soil developed in arid climates , characterized by a lack of leaching and small humus content Gobi Desert → the Gobi Desert Lut Desert → Dasht-e-Lut sand desert a desert in which the ground is covered in sand semi-desert an extremely dry area characterized by sparse vegetation Thar Desert a desert in NW India , mainly in NW Rajasthan state and extending into Pakistan . Area: over 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles) desert boots ankle-high suede boots with laces and soft soles , worn informally by men and women desert cooler (in India) a cooling device in which air is driven by an electric fan through wet grass desert island A desert island is a small tropical island, where nobody lives . Desert Storm the principal military operation carried out by UN forces in the Gulf War Gibson Desert a desert in W central Australia , between the Great Sandy Desert and the Victoria Desert: salt marshes , salt lakes , and scrub . Area: about 220 000 sq km (85 000 sq miles) Indian Desert → Thar Desert Kavir Desert → Dasht-e-Kavir Libyan Desert a desert in N Africa , in E Libya , W Egypt , and NW Sudan : the NE part of the Sahara Mohave Desert → Mojave Desert Mojave Desert a desert in S California , south of the Sierra Nevada : part of the Great Basin . Area: 38 850 sq km (15 000 sq miles) Mount Desert island off the S coast of Me.: resort : c. 100 sq mi (259 sq km) Negev Desert the desert region of S Israel Nubian Desert a desert in NE Sudan , between the Nile valley and the Red Sea: mainly a sandstone plateau Arabian Desert a desert in E Egypt , between the Nile , the Gulf of Suez , and the Red Sea: mountainous parts rise over 1800 m (6000 ft). Area: about 220 000 sq km (85 000 sq miles) Atacama Desert a desert region along the W coast of South America, mainly in N Chile : a major source of nitrates . Area: about 80 000 sq km (31 000 sq miles) Colorado Desert an arid region of SE California and NW Mexico , west of the Colorado River. Area: over 5000 sq km (2000 sq miles) desert fathers monks , as Saint Anthony or Saint Pachomius, who lived as hermits in the deserts of Egypt and founded the first Christian monasteries Painted Desert a section of the high plateau country of N central Arizona , along the N side of the Little Colorado River Valley : brilliant-coloured rocks; occupied largely by Navaho and Hopi people. Area: about 20 000 sq km (7500 sq miles) Simpson Desert an uninhabited arid region in central Australia, mainly in the Northern Territory . Area: about 145 000 sq km (56 000 sq miles) Victoria Desert a desert in S Australia , in SE Western Australia and W South Australia. Area: 323 750 sq km (125 000 sq miles) Great Sandy Desert a desert in NW Australia . Area: about 415 000 sq km (160 000 sq miles) Sturt's desert pea the desert pea the Desert Rats the nickname and emblem of the British 7th Armoured Division which served in North Africa during World War II the Gobi Desert a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia and the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China : sometimes considered to include all the arid regions east of the Pamirs and north of the plateau of Tibet and the Great Wall of China: one of the largest deserts in the world. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles). Width : about 1000 km (625 miles). Average height : 900 m (3000 ft) Great Indian Desert a desert in NW India, mainly in NW Rajasthan state and extending into Pakistan . Area: over 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles) Great Victoria Desert a desert in S Australia , in SE Western Australia and W South Australia. Area: 323 750 sq km (125 000 sq miles) Mount Desert Island an island off the coast of Maine : lakes and granite peaks . Area: 279 sq km (108 sq miles) Operation Desert Storm the codename for the US-led UN operation to liberate Kuwait from Iraq (1991) the Kalahari an extensive arid plateau of South Africa, Namibia , and Botswana . Area: 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles) Washington palm a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida , having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits caracal a lynxlike feline mammal , Lynx caracal, inhabiting deserts of N Africa and S Asia, having long legs , a smooth coat of reddish fur , and black-tufted ears Chinese translation of 'desert' desert (nˈdɛzət; vbdɪˈzəːt) n (c/u) (Geo) 沙漠 (shāmò) (片, piàn) (c) (fig, = wasteland) 荒地 (huāngdì) (片, piàn) vt (= leave) [place] 离(離)弃(棄) (líqì) [person] 遗(遺)弃(棄) (yíqì) vi (Mil) 逃跑 (táopǎo) (noun) in the sense of wilderness Definition a region that has little or no vegetation because of low rainfall The vehicles have been modified to suit conditions in the desert. Synonyms wilderness He looked out over a wilderness of mountain, lake and forest. waste the barren wastes of the Sahara wilds wasteland Pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland. dust bowl (adjective) in the sense of barren the desert wastes of Mexico Synonyms barren the Tibetan landscape of the high barren mountains dry waste Yarrow can be found growing wild on waste ground. wild one of the few wild areas remaining in the South East empty The room was bare and empty. bare a bare landscape lonely dark, lonely streets solitary desolate a desolate, barren place arid the arid zones of the country unproductive increasingly unproductive land infertile The waste is dumped, making the surrounding land infertile. uninhabited an uninhabited island in the North Pacific uncultivated unfruitful untilled subject word lists See Deserts 1 (verb) in the sense of abandon Definition to abandon (a person or place) without intending to return Poor farmers are deserting their fields and looking for jobs. Synonyms abandon They were persuaded to abandon their lawsuit. leave Just pack your bags and leave. She was not allowed to leave the country. give up quit (informal) Police were called when he refused to quit the building. withdraw from move out of relinquish He does not intend to relinquish power. renounce She renounced her old ways. vacate I vacated the flat and went back to stay with my parents. forsake I still love you and would never forsake you. go away from leave empty relinquish possession of 2 (verb) in the sense of leave Definition to abandon (a person or place) without intending to return He deserted our team years ago. Synonyms leave abandon She claimed that her friends had abandoned her. dump (informal) She was dumped by her long-term lover. strand ditch (informal) I can't bring myself to ditch him. betray maroon marooned on a desert island walk out on (informal) forsake jilt I was jilted by my first fiancé. run out on (informal) throw over leave stranded leave high and dry leave (someone) in the lurch Opposites maintain , look after , sustain , take care of , provide for , succour , be a source of strength to 3 (verb) in the sense of abscond Definition to leave (a post or duty) with no intention of returning He deserted from the army last month. Synonyms abscond A dozen inmates have absconded from the jail in the past year. flee He slammed the bedroom door behind him and fled. defect She insisted that customers who had defected to cheaper coffee shops would return eventually. decamp Bugsy decided to decamp to Hollywood from New York. go AWOL (informal) go absent without leave go over the hill (military, slang) take French leave idiom See just deserts Additional synonyms in the sense of arid Definition having little or no rain the arid zones of the country Synonyms dry, desert, dried up, barren, sterile, torrid, parched, waterless, moistureless in the sense of bare a bare landscape Synonyms desolate, dry, waste, empty, desert, unproductive, unfruitful in the sense of betray Synonyms abandon, desert, walk out on, forsake, jilt Synonyms of 'desert' desert Explore 'desert' in the dictionary
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