单词	uninhabited
释义	uninhabitedun‧in‧hab‧it‧ed /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtɪd◂/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Access to this remote uninhabited Himalayan mountain is via high snow-covered passes. an uninhabited island Most of the islands in Clear Bay are uninhabited. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Both groups need to leave and are intending to settle on a previously uninhabited planet. Laxford Bridge is a welcome uninhabited oasis amongst shaggy surroundings. Offshore, there's a maze of islands, many uninhabited. One can feel responsibility without feeling love, otherwise the world would be uninhabited. The centre is vast and uninhabited. The land, relentlessly monotone in all but a few summer weeks of feverish flowering, is almost uninhabited. The two seek refuge on an uninhabited island. Victorine Meurent lived in another system of reference, in a narrative as yet unformulated and uncodified, but not uninhabited. Thesaurus THESAURUSwith no people► empty used about a place that has no one in it or no one using it: · There were no lights on and the house looked empty.· the empty streets ► free used about a seat, space, or room that is available to use because no one else is using it: · Is this seat free?· There are never any parking spaces free at this time of day. ► vacant used about a room or building that is available for people to pay to use: · a vacant apartment· The next guesthouse we tried had a couple of rooms vacant. ► deserted used about a place that is quiet because there is no one there, or because the people who used to be there have left: · a deserted village· It was three o'clock in the morning and the streets were deserted. ► uninhabited used about a place that has no people living in it, especially permanently: · an uninhabited island ► unoccupied especially written used about a house, room, or office that no one is living in or using at the moment: · unoccupied buildings· Burglaries frequently happen when people are on holiday and their house is unoccupied. Longman Language Activatorplace/area of land► empty a place that is empty has no-one in it: · It was 2 o'clock in the morning and the streets were completely empty. ► deserted a place that is deserted is empty and quiet because there is no one there, or the people who are usually there have left: · The beach was deserted and unsafe for bathing according to the guidebook.· We passed through several deserted villages whose inhabitants had fled. ► uninhabited an area or place that is uninhabited has no people living in it: · Most of the islands in Clear Bay are uninhabited.· Access to this remote uninhabited Himalayan mountain is via high snow-covered passes. ► desolate an area that is desolate is empty and sad-looking, because there are no people there, no trees or plants growing, and nothing attractive to see: · We looked out over a desolate landscape of bare trees and stony fields.· The little mining town was desolate and ugly.· the desolate terrain of the moon ► ghost town a town that is empty because all the people have left: become/turn into a ghost town: · Since the closing of the coal mines the place has become a ghost town.· By March the population had been evacuated, and Verdun had become a ghost town. ► wasteland an area of land, especially in a city, that is empty, ugly, and unused: · The area down by the docks is just a wasteland.· Detectives discovered the man's body dumped on wasteland near the railway. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► uninhabited island  an uninhabited island COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► uninhabited island (=one where nobody lives)· There are over a thousand uninhabited islands in the seas around Greece. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► island · The two seek refuge on an uninhabited island.· The new airport was to be built at Chek Lap Kok, a largely uninhabited island north of Lantau island.· It turns the fan at a public toilet on an uninhabited island in Boston Harbor. an uninhabited place does not have anyone living there SYN  deserted:  an uninhabited island► see thesaurus at empty
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