单词 | desolate |
释义 | Word Frequency desolateadjective (ˈdɛsəlɪt) 1. uninhabited; deserted 2. made uninhabitable; laid waste; devastated 3. without friends, hope, or encouragement; forlorn, wretched, or abandoned 4. gloomy or dismal; depressing verb (ˈdɛsəˌleɪt) (transitive) 5. to deprive of inhabitants; depopulate 6. to make barren or lay waste; devastate 7. to make wretched or forlorn 8. to forsake or abandon Derived forms desolately (ˈdesolately) adverb desolateness (ˈdesolateness) noun desolater (ˈdesoˌlater) or desolator (ˈdesoˌlator) noun Word origin C14: from Latin dēsōlāre to leave alone, from de- + sōlāre to make lonely, lay waste, from sōlus alone |
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