ADJECTIVE | VERB + DESERT | DESERT + VERB | DESERT + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤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。