英语词汇“desolate”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	desolate
释义	des·o·late I. \ˈdes]ələ̇t also -ez ] sometimes ]lə̇t; usu -ə̇d.+V\ adjective Etymology: Middle English desolat, from Latin desolatus, past participle of desolare to abandon, desert, from de from, away + -solare (from solus alone) — more at de-, sole 1. : devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted, abandoned < a desolate ghost town > 2. obsolete a. : destitute b. : lacking goodness : dissolute 3. a. : bereaved, forsaken, or abandoned especially of or by one very dear and consequently inconsolable and crushed by grief < this lady leaning at her window desolate, pouring out her abandoned heart — George Meredith > b. : joyless, disconsolate, and sorrowful through or as if through some separation, destitution, or grief < depressed and desolate of soul … and filled with anxious fear — William Wordsworth > c. : expressing or arising from such grief or sorrow < a low desolate wail which made the terrible scream seem only the quick expression of an endless grief — Bram Stoker > 4. a. : showing the effects of abandonment and neglect : ruined, dilapidated < a desolate old house with sagging floors and broken shutters > b. : devoid of anything suggesting or furthering life : lifeless, barren, stark < passing through a desolate once-wooded area that had been ravaged by fire > < desolate with crags and alkali — American Guide Series: California > < the empty, desolate, endless waste — O.E.Rölvaag > c. : devoid of anything cheering, comforting, or suggesting warmth, comfort, pleasant human relations, or hope : disheartening, cheerless < the stormy howling of the wind in that avenue of great trees at night was wild and desolate — Thomas Wolfe > < a desolate memory of the sterile idle life I had lived — Edmund Wilson > < this wild, desolate lake … a very picture of unbroken solitude — John Burroughs > Synonyms: see alone, dismal II. \]əˌlāt, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English desolaten, from Latin desolatus deserted, past participle of desolare to abandon, desert : to make desolate: a. : to deprive partially or wholly of inhabitants : depopulate < the mines never again operated, and three townships in the vicinity were desolated — American Guide Series: Vermont > b. : to lay waste : ravage < Hitler desolated British cities with bombs — F.L.Allen > also : to leave in a ruinous or barren state < boulders left by mining operations desolate the valley > c. : to forsake or leave alone — used in the past participial form < the bulletin board listing casualties was haunted by desolated wives > d. : to rob of joy and contentment; especially : to leave grief-stricken and wretched < so obsessed with gambling that they ruin their own lives, desolate their families, and alienate their friends — C.B.Davis >
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