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desert

释义

desert

noun

UK /ˈdezə(r)t/

Word Forms

singular	desert
plural	deserts

1
countable/uncountable a large area of land with few plants and little water and where the weather is always dry
Synonyms and related words
Deserts and dry land
badlands
Birdsville Track
Death Valley
2
countable a boring place where nothing happens or where everything is the same
a desert of car parks and concrete buildings
Synonyms and related words
Boring places and things
bore
backwater
yawn

desert

noun

US /ˈdezərt/

Word Forms

singular	desert
plural	deserts

1
countable/uncountable a large area of land with few plants and little water and where the weather is always dry
Synonyms and related words
Deserts and dry land
badlands
Birdsville Track
bottomland
2
countable a boring place where nothing happens or where everything is the same
a desert of parking lots and concrete buildings
Synonyms and related words
Boring places and things
bore
backwater
yawn

desert

verb

UK /dɪˈzɜː(r)t/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	desert
he/she/it	deserts
present participle	deserting
past tense	deserted
past participle	deserted

1
transitive to leave someone in a situation where they have no help or support
a story in which a woman deserts her husband
Synonyms and related words
To not help someone
desert
forsake
leave someone in the lurch
1. 1a
  transitive if people or animals desert a place, no one is left there
  The birds had already deserted the nest.
  Synonyms and related words
  General words meaning to leave a place
  leave
  move on
  go away
2
transitive if people desert something such as a group or political party, they stop belonging to it
Synonyms and related words
To leave a club, organization or group
break away
splinter
split
3
intransitive if soldiers desert, they leave the army without permission
Synonyms and related words
Joining and leaving the armed forces
4-F
AWOL
be invalided out (of)
4
transitive if a feeling, quality, or skill deserts you, you suddenly no longer have it
Judy felt that her luck had deserted her.
Synonyms and related words
To disappear, or to stop existing or happening
X has left the building
disappear
finish

desert

verb

US /dɪˈzɜrt/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	desert
he/she/it	deserts
present participle	deserting
past tense	deserted
past participle	deserted

1
transitive to leave someone in a situation where they have no help or support
a story in which a woman deserts her husband
Synonyms and related words
To not help someone
desert
forsake
leave someone in the lurch
1. 1a
  transitive if people or animals desert a place, no one is left there
  The birds had already deserted the nest.
  Synonyms and related words
  General words meaning to leave a place
  leave
  move on
  go away
2
transitive if people desert something such as a group or political party, they stop belonging to it
Synonyms and related words
To leave a club, organization or group
break away
splinter
split
3
intransitive if soldiers desert, they leave the army without permission
Synonyms and related words
Joining and leaving the armed forces
4-F
AWOL
be invalided out (of)
4
transitive if a feeling, quality, or skill deserts you, you suddenly do not have it any more
Judy felt that her luck had deserted her.
Synonyms and related words
To disappear, or to stop existing or happening
X has left the building
disappear
finish

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