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desert
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plural deserts
plural deserts
Learner's definition of DESERT
1
: an area of very dry land that is usually covered with sand and is very hot沙漠；荒漠；荒原 — often used before another noun常用于另一名词前 — see color picture on this page
[count]
- Many settlers died while trying to cross the desert.许多移居者在试图穿过这片沙漠时命丧黄泉。
- the Arabian and African deserts阿拉伯沙漠和非洲沙漠
[noncount]
- The region is mostly desert.这个地区大部分是沙漠。
- the shifting desert sands沙漠地带的流沙
- a study of desert plants对沙漠植物的研究
- stranded on a desert island [=an island where no people live]搁浅在荒岛
2
[count] : a place or area that does not have something interesting or important枯燥乏味的境地 — see also deserts
- For many years, the city was a cultural desert, but now there are several museums and also a concert hall.过去许多年这座城市就是个文化沙漠，但现在有了几个博物馆，还有了一个音乐厅。
◊ Do not confuse desert with dessert.
deserts; deserted; deserting
deserts; deserted; deserting
Learner's definition of DESERT
1
[+ object] : to go away from (a place) : to leave (a place)离开，舍弃（某地）
- The inhabitants had deserted the town.居民们都离开了这座小镇。
- If the nest is disturbed, the bird may desert [=abandon] it.如果鸟巢受到干扰，鸟儿就可能将其舍弃。
2
[+ object] : to leave and stop helping or supporting (someone or something)抛弃；离弃；遗弃
- She had been married for just over a year when her husband deserted her.结婚刚一年多，她的丈夫就抛弃了她。
- He was deserted by his friends and family.他被朋友和家人抛弃。
- He vowed that he would never desert [=abandon] a friend in trouble.他发誓永远不抛弃处于困境的朋友。
- He urged people not to desert the cause. [=not to stop supporting the cause]他力劝人们不要放弃这项事业。
3
[+ object] of a useful quality or ability : to no longer be with (someone) in a time of need失去，背离，丧失（有用的品质或能力）
- The soldiers prayed that their courage would not desert them. [=that they would not lose their courage]士兵们祈求不要丧失勇气。
- She was a respected academic until late in life when her memory deserted her. [=she lost her ability to remember things]她晚年丧失了记忆力，在这之前她是位受人尊敬的学者。
4
[no object] of a soldier : to leave the military without permission and without intending to return（士兵）擅离，逃走
- Many soldiers deserted during the first weeks of the war.许多士兵在开战后几周内就当了逃兵。
— deserted
adjective- The town was deserted. [=there were no people in the town]这座小镇荒无人烟。
- We came upon a deserted [=abandoned] old hotel.我们偶然发现了一个废弃的破旧旅馆。
- a deserted street/road荒无人烟的街道/公路
- deserted wives/husbands/children被遗弃的妻子/丈夫/孩子
deserted; deserting; deserts
: to quit one's post, allegiance, or service without leave or justification
especially : to abandon military duty without leave and without intent to return
Did you know?
Where does the phrase just deserts come from?
Why do we say that someone has gotten their just deserts? Does this turn of phrase have anything to do with dessert (“a sweet food eaten at the end of a meal”) or desert (“a dry land with few plants and little rainfall”)? In fact, the phrase employs neither of these words. Instead, it uses a completely unrelated word that happens to be pronounced like the word for sweets and spelled like the one for a dry place: desert, meaning “reward or punishment deserved or earned by one’s qualities or acts.” This little-used noun is, as you might have guessed, related to the English verb deserve. It has nothing to do with arid, dry land, or with cookies and ice cream.
Synonyms
Noun (1)
Verb
Noun (2)
Example Sentences
Noun (1) Satellite images taken this year and 20 years ago show that the desert is in retreat thanks to a resurgence of trees. 
Andy Coghlan, New Scientist, 14-20 Oct. 2006 The coastal plain is a desert in terms of precipitation—less than six inches fall annually—but what falls as snow stays to be later distributed by the wind. John Hildebrand, Harper's, November 2003 The house finch, a songbird native to the Western desert, has proved to be highly adaptable, having rapidly colonized the Eastern states after its release on Long Island in the early 1940's. Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2002 Adjective While my very American mother swabbed the dishes, Dad lingered at the dinner table, recreating in visceral detail the taste of mint in a Bedouin teacup under a desert sky, or the golden plumage of his father's saluki dogs, or the filigreed robes of the young king at the camel races. Diana Abu-Jaber, Vogue, May 2007 … the place in the Texas Panhandle where Highway 66 rolled down off the land of farms and ranches into the beginnings of the desert grassland and red-rock country that dominated New Mexico. Susan Croce Kelly, Route 66, 1988 Verb Boulet saw his longtime partner desert him in the midst of the storm, then had his wife and daughter skip town in its aftermath. Mike Flaherty, TV Guide, 10-16 Sept. 2007 Left alone for a moment, he feels mournful, bereft—and then panicky, when he thinks he has been deserted again. Richard Corliss, Time, 7 Mar. 2005 But now the building seemed deserted at two in the afternoon, and I soon learned that the paper, incredibly, was forced to advertise for applicants to the staff. Arthur Miller, Timebends, 1987 The inhabitants had deserted the town. She had been married for just over a year when her husband deserted her. He was deserted by his friends and family. See More
Andy Coghlan, New Scientist, 14-20 Oct. 2006 The coastal plain is a desert in terms of precipitation—less than six inches fall annually—but what falls as snow stays to be later distributed by the wind. John Hildebrand, Harper's, November 2003 The house finch, a songbird native to the Western desert, has proved to be highly adaptable, having rapidly colonized the Eastern states after its release on Long Island in the early 1940's. Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2002 Adjective While my very American mother swabbed the dishes, Dad lingered at the dinner table, recreating in visceral detail the taste of mint in a Bedouin teacup under a desert sky, or the golden plumage of his father's saluki dogs, or the filigreed robes of the young king at the camel races. Diana Abu-Jaber, Vogue, May 2007 … the place in the Texas Panhandle where Highway 66 rolled down off the land of farms and ranches into the beginnings of the desert grassland and red-rock country that dominated New Mexico. Susan Croce Kelly, Route 66, 1988 Verb Boulet saw his longtime partner desert him in the midst of the storm, then had his wife and daughter skip town in its aftermath. Mike Flaherty, TV Guide, 10-16 Sept. 2007 Left alone for a moment, he feels mournful, bereft—and then panicky, when he thinks he has been deserted again. Richard Corliss, Time, 7 Mar. 2005 But now the building seemed deserted at two in the afternoon, and I soon learned that the paper, incredibly, was forced to advertise for applicants to the staff. Arthur Miller, Timebends, 1987 The inhabitants had deserted the town. She had been married for just over a year when her husband deserted her. He was deserted by his friends and family. See More Word History
Etymology
Noun (1) and Adjective
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin desertum, from Latin, neuter of desertus, past participle of deserere to desert, from de- + serere to join together — more at series
Verb
French déserter, from Late Latin desertare, frequentative of Latin deserere
Noun (2)
Middle English deserte, from Anglo-French, from feminine of desert, past participle of deservir to deserve
First Known Use
Noun (1)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1603, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun (2)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Time Traveler
The first known use of desert was in the 13th century Phrases Containing desert
noun
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