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desert

noun
 
/ˈdezət/
/ˈdezərt/
[countable, uncountable] see also deserts
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  1. a large area of land that has very little water and very few plants growing on it. Many deserts are covered by sand.沙漠；荒漠；荒原
    • the Sahara Desert撒哈拉大沙漠
    • Somalia is mostly desert.索马里大部分地区都是荒漠。
    • They travelled many miles across burning desert sands.他们在灼热的沙漠里行走了许多英里。
    • Occasionally, we passed a desert oasis surrounded by small tracts of grass and shrub.偶尔，我们会经过一片被小块草地和灌木包围的沙漠绿洲。
    • (figurative) The town has become a cultural desert (= a place without any culture).这个镇子变成了一个文化荒漠。
    Extra Examples
    • He drove off into the desert.他驾车进入了沙漠。
    • The desert stretched for endless miles on all sides of us.沙漠向我们周围无限延伸。
    • The land loses its protective cover of vegetation and soon turns into desert.土地失去植被保护就会很快变成沙漠。
    • cold nights in the desert沙漠里寒冷的夜晚
    • green fields surrounded by arid desert干旱沙漠包围的绿洲
    • their journey across the desert他们穿越沙漠的旅行
    • vast tracts of desert land大片大片一望无际的沙漠地带
    Topics Geographya2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • arid
    • barren
    • dry
    • …
    verb + desert
    • become
    • turn into
    • turn to
    • …
    desert + verb
    • stretch
    desert + noun
    • area
    • country
    • land
    • …
    preposition
    • across the desert
    • through the desert
    • in the desert
    • …
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    Word Originnoun Middle English: via Old French from late Latin desertum ‘something left waste’, neuter past participle of deserere ‘leave, forsake’.

desert

verb
 
/dɪˈzɜːt/
/dɪˈzɜːrt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they desert
/dɪˈzɜːt/
/dɪˈzɜːrt/
he / she / it deserts
/dɪˈzɜːts/
/dɪˈzɜːrts/
past simple deserted
/dɪˈzɜːtɪd/
/dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
past participle deserted
/dɪˈzɜːtɪd/
/dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
-ing form deserting
/dɪˈzɜːtɪŋ/
/dɪˈzɜːrtɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1.  
     [transitive] desert somebody to leave somebody without help or support抛弃，离弃，遗弃（某人） synonym abandon
    • She was deserted by her husband.她被丈夫遗弃了。
    • Don’t worry—I won’t desert you.别担心，我不会丢下你不管的。
    Homophones desert | dessertdesert   dessert
    /dɪˈzɜːt/
    /dɪˈzɜːrt/
    • desert verb
      • His companions desert him as he dies.他死后，他的同伴抛弃了他。
    • dessert noun
      • Summer pudding has long been a favourite English dessert.夏季布丁一直是最受欢迎的英国甜点。
  2.  
     [transitive, often passive] desert something to go away from a place and leave it empty舍弃，离弃（某地方） synonym abandon
    • The villages had been deserted.这些村庄已经荒无人烟了。
    • The owl seems to have deserted its nest.这只猫头鹰似乎不要这个窝了。
    • He was accused of deserting his post.他被指控擅离职守。
  3. [intransitive, transitive] to leave the armed forces without permission擅离（部队）；逃走；开小差
    • Large numbers of soldiers deserted as defeat became inevitable.战败已成定局，许多士兵开小差跑了。
    • desert something The soldiers had deserted the US army to fight for Mexico. 士兵们逃离了美国军队去为墨西哥而战。
    Topics War and conflictb2
  4. [transitive] to leave an organization or stop doing an activity, especially in a way that is considered bad and disloyal废弃；放弃；撇下不管
    • desert something Millions of voters are deserting the party.数百万选民正在脱离该党。
    • desert something for something Why did you desert teaching for politics?你为什么弃教从政呢？
  5. [transitive] desert somebody if a particular quality deserts you, it is not there when you need it背离；使失望
    • Her courage seemed to desert her for a moment.她一时间似乎失去了勇气。
    6. Word Originverb late Middle English: from Old French deserter, from late Latin desertare, from Latin desertus ‘left waste’ from deserere ‘leave, forsake’.
Idioms
(like rats) deserting/leaving a sinking ship
  1. (humorous, disapproving) used to talk about people who leave an organization, a company, etc. that is having difficulties, without caring about the people who are left（比喻只顾自己而离开处于困境中的机构等）（像）逃离沉船（的老鼠）
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3426 COCA: 2196
desert

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + DESERT | DESERT + VERB | DESERT + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤arid, barren, dry, hot乾旱的／不毛的／乾燥的／炎熱的沙漠◇green fields surrounded by arid desert乾旱沙漠包圍的綠洲➤vast廣袤的沙漠➤empty, open (especially NAmE) 空曠的／開闊的沙漠▸➤inhospitable荒涼的沙漠▸➤Arctic, polar北極荒漠；極地荒原➤high高地沙漠➤flat平坦的沙漠▸➤cultural (figurative) 文化沙漠◇The town has become a cultural desert.這個鎮子變成了一個文化荒漠。VERB + DESERT➤become, turn into, turn to變成沙漠◇The land loses its protective cover of vegetation and soon turns into desert.土地失去植被保護就會很快變成沙漠。➤cross穿越沙漠◇He became the first person to cross the desert on foot.他成了第一個徒步穿越這片沙漠的人。DESERT + VERB➤stretch沙漠延伸◇The desert stretched for endless miles on all sides of us.沙漠向我們周圍無限延伸。DESERT + NOUN➤area, country, land, landscape, region沙漠區域／國家／地帶／風光／地區◇vast tracts of desert land大片大片一望無際的沙漠地帶➤conditions沙漠環境▸➤heat沙漠高溫▸➤sand, soil沙漠沙土；荒漠土壤▸➤floor, surface沙漠地面／地表▸➤plain沙漠平原▸➤animal, plant沙漠動物／植物PREPOSITION➤across the desert, through the desert穿越沙漠◇their journey across the desert他們穿越沙漠的旅行➤in the desert在沙漠裏◇cold nights in the desert沙漠裏寒冷的夜晚➤into the desert進入沙漠◇He drove off into the desert.他駕車進入了沙漠。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3426 COCA: 2196
desert verb
⇨ abandon (The villages had been deserted.) ⇨ leave 5 (Don't worry — I won't desert you.) desert

noun

desert ♦︎ wilderness ♦︎ bush ♦︎ wasteland ♦︎ the wilds ♦︎ no-man's land ♦︎ the outback ♦︎ dust bowl ♦︎ wastesThese words all mean a large area of land where very few people live or can survive. 这些词均表示荒凉之地。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in / into the desert / the wilderness / the bush / the wilds / no-man's land / the outback◆across the desert / no-man's land / the outback◆arid / barren / arctic / frozen desert / wilderness / wasteland / wastes◆the Australian desert / wilderness / bush / outback◆the African desert / wilderness / bush◆a cultural desert / wasteland◆to become a desert / wasteland■ desert [countable, uncountable] a large area of land that has very little water and very few plants growing on it. Many deserts are covered by sand. 沙漠；荒漠；荒原◆the Sahara Desert撒哈拉大沙漠◆Somalia is mostly desert.索马里大部分地区都是荒漠。◆They travelled many miles across burning desert sands.他们在灼热的沙漠里行走了许多英里。■ wilderness ˈwɪldənəs; NAmE ˈwɪldərnəs [countable, usually singular] a large area of land that has never been developed or used for growing crops because it is difficult to live there; a place that people do not take care of or control 荒原；野地；荒芜的地方◆The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness.南极洲是世界上最后一个大荒原。◆ (NAmE) The US Department of Agriculture designated the land a wilderness area (= where it is not permitted to build houses or roads) in 1978.1978年美国农业部将这片土地划定为自然环境保留地区。◆That part of the city is a wilderness of run-down houses and derelict factories.该市的那一区域很荒僻，到处是破败的住房和废弃的工厂。■ bush ( often 常作 the bush) [uncountable] an area of wild land that has not been cleared, especially in Africa and Australia （尤指非洲和澳大利亚的）荒野◆Children are taught from an early age how to survive in the bush.孩子们从小就学习在荒野中求生的方法。■ wasteland ˈweɪstlænd [countable, uncountable] an area of land that cannot be used or that is no longer used for building or growing things on 荒地；不毛之地；废弃地◆City life could be improved by turning urban wastelands into parks.把城市的废弃土地改造成公园能够使城市生活得到改善。◆The film was shot in the desert wasteland of southern California.这部影片在加利福尼亚州南部的荒漠里拍摄。■ the wilds [plural] areas of a country far from towns or cities, where few people live 偏远地区；人烟稀少的地区◆It's a true tale of survival in the wilds of Alaska.这是一个在阿拉斯加人烟稀少的地区求生的真实故事。◆ (humorous) They live on a farm somewhere out in the wilds.他们住在边远地区的一个农场里。■ ˈno-man's land [uncountable, singular] an area of land between the borders of two countries or between two armies, that is not controlled by either （边境的）无人区域；（两军之间的）无人地带◆He led his platoon across no-man's land.他率领一排士兵越过了无人地带。■ the outback [countable, singular] the area of Australia that is a long way from the coast and the towns, where few people live （澳大利亚的）内地，内陆地区◆They live an isolated life in the outback of New South Wales.他们在新南威尔士州的内陆地区过着与世隔绝的生活。■ ˈdust bowl [countable, usually singular] an area of land that has recently been turned into desert by lack of rain or too much farming 风沙侵蚀区；干旱尘暴区◆Many families struggled to survive in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl of the 1930s.20世纪30年代，许多家庭在俄克拉何马州的风沙侵蚀区苦苦挣扎求生。■ wastes [plural] (formal) a large area of land where there are very few people, animals or plants 荒原；荒芜地区；人烟稀少的地区◆Millions of people were exiled to the frozen wastes of Siberia.数百万人被流放到西伯利亚的冻土荒原。
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