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

desert¹ /di-zûrtˈ/

transitive verb

To leave

To forsake

intransitive verb

To run away

To leave a service, eg the army, without permission

ORIGIN: L dēserere, dēsertum, from dē- (negative) and serere to bind

desertˈed adjective

Empty or abandoned

desertˈer noun

Someone who deserts from or quits any of the armed forces without permission

deserˈtion noun

An act of deserting

The state of being deserted

Wilful abandonment of a legal or moral obligation

desert the diet see under diet².

diet² /dīˈət/

noun

A national, federal, or provincial assembly, council, or parliament, esp (usu with cap) the national legislature of Japan
A conference
The proceedings under a criminal libel (Scots law)
A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland, such as a diet of worship

ORIGIN: OFr diete, from LL diēta, from Gr diaita; or according to Littré, from L diēs a (set) day, with which usage cf Ger Tag day, Reichstag

d īˈetine noun

A minor or local diet

desert the diet (Scots law)

To abandon criminal proceedings under a particular libel

desert1 /di-zûrtˈ/

diet2 /dīˈət/

desert¹ /di-zûrtˈ/

diet² /dīˈət/