Front | desert |
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Pron | ['dezərt] |
Back | 【desert】 n. 沙漠 v. 遗弃 He had intended to desert his wife and children , but changed his mind. 他原来想要遗弃太太和孩子们,但是改变了主意。 |
Vocab | desertleave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
A desert is a wasteland. If you fry your brain cells with drugs, then your mind will turn into a desert. 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. All forms of 'desert' will appear on average once every 69 pages. desert deserted deserter desertification desertion deserts semidesert |
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