英语词汇“desolate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	desolate
释义	adjective \| verb desolatedesolate1 /ˈdɛsəlɪt/ adjective Etymology ETYMOLOGYdesolate¹ Origin: 1300-1400 Latin desolatus, from solus alone Thesaurus THESAURUSplace► empty an empty place does not have any people in it: I hate coming home to an empty house. During spring break, the campus was empty. ► deserted used about a place that is empty and quiet because no people are there: 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: There are some islands off the coast of Africa that are uninhabited. ► desolate used about a place that is empty and looks sad because there are no people there and there is nothing attractive to see: The movie is set in a small desolate town in western Texas. 1a place that is desolate is empty and looks sad because there are no people there and not much activity: a desolate stretch of highway► see thesaurus at empty12someone who is desolate feels very sad and lonely [Origin: 1300–1400 Latin desolatus, from solus alone]—desolately adverb—desolation /ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] adjective \| verb desolatedesolate2 /ˈdɛsəˌleɪt/ verb [transitive usually passive] literary 1to make someone feel very sad and lonely2to cause so much damage to a place that it is almost completely destroyed: an economically desolated town
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