| 单词 | desert |
| 释义 | desert (once / 70 pages) 1v 2n A desert is a very dry area of land where few plants and animals can live. If you find yourself stranded in the middle of the desert, you'll have no company except for the occasional lizard or scorpion. Desert comes from the Latin desertus, for abandoned or lying in waste. This can refer to a vast sandy area without vegetation, or any empty, lifeless expanse. As a verb, it means to leave someone or something. A soldier who runs away from the army is called a deserter. Occasionally you'll hear someone say, "He got his just deserts," which doesn't have anything to do with abandonment; it means he got what he deserved. WORD FAMILYdesert: deserted, deserter, desertification, deserting, desertion, deserts, semidesert+/deserter: deserters/desertion: desertions USAGE EXAMPLESFDR’s confidence deserted him as the economy lost a breathtaking four million jobs, leaving Roosevelt’s team to bemoan the “depression within a depression.” Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) You might as well be feasting in a Vegas casino, surrounded by desert. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) An untold number of West Africans attempt the dangerous passage to Europe by desert and sea each year in hope of a better life. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch The mother deserted her children Syn|Hypo|Hyper abandon, desolate, forsake expose abandon by leaving out in the open air walk outleave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval ditchforsake maroon, strandleave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue leave go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness 2v leave behind the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period Hyper go away, go forth, leave go away from a place 3v desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army 2If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot Syn|Hypo|Hyper defect rat desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage flee, fly, take flight run away quickly n arid land with little or no vegetation Exp|Hyper Great Arabian Desert a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia Arabian Deserta desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea Atacama Deserta desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits Great Australian Desertgeneral name given to all desert areas in Australia Black Rock Deserta desert in northwestern Nevada Chihuahuan Deserta desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico Colorado Desertan arid region of southeastern California Great Salt Deserta salt desert in north central Iran Dasht-e-Luta desert in eastern Iran Death Valleya desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America Gibson Deserta desert area in western Australia Gila Deserta desert area in southern Arizona Gobi Deserta desert in central China Great Sandy Deserta desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert Great Victoria Deserta desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor Plain Kalahari Deserta desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana Turkestan Deserta desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea Kizil Kuma desert in Uzbekistan to the southeast of the Aral Sea Libyan Desertthe northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan Mohave Deserta desert area in southern California and western Arizona Namib Deserta desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean An Nafuda desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds Negev Deserta desert in southern Israel Nubian Desertan arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea Painted Deserta desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona Patagonian Deserta semiarid region in southern South America Great Sandy Deserta desert in southern Saudi Arabia Sahara Desertthe world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa Simpson Deserta desert region of central Australia Sinai Deserta desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt Sonoran Deserta desert in southwestern Arizona Syrian Deserta desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia Taklamakan Deserta desert in western China Great Indian Deserta desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan biome a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tractan extended area of land |
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