单词 | desert pea |
释义 | desert2 /dezˈərt/noun
ORIGIN: OFr desert, from L dēsertum, from dēserere to desert, unbind desertificāˈtion, desertīzāˈtion or desertificāˈtion, desertīsāˈtion noun The deterioration or reversion of land to desert conditions, owing to over-grazing, erosion, etc desert boots plural noun Laced suede ankle boots with rubber soles desert island noun An uninhabited and remote tropical island desert pavement noun An underlying bed of gravel that remains after the finer material in a desert soil has been blown away desert pea (usu Sturt's desert pea) noun A showy Australian glory-pea (genus Clianthus) with a predominantly scarlet flower desert rat noun A jerboa, hence (from the divisional sign of a jerboa) a soldier of the British 7th Armoured Division with service in N Africa in 1941–42 desert varnish noun A dark surface coating of oxides formed on exposed rock in deserts |
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