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The noun is pronounced /'dezət/. The pronunciation /dɪ'zɜːt/ is used for the verb and for meaning 8. The verb is hyphenated de|sert. 名词读作 /'dezət/。动词和义项 8 读作/dɪ'zɜːt/。动词分音节符号的位置为 de|sert。
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[N-VAR 可变名词]沙漠;荒漠 A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
  [oft in names after n]
  • ...the Sahara Desert.

    撒哈拉大沙漠

  • ...the burning desert sun...

    沙漠中火辣辣的太阳

  • The vehicles have been modified to suit conditions in the desert.

    车辆已改装过以适应沙漠的环境。

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    [N-COUNT 可数名词]枯燥乏味的地方(或境况) If you refer to a place or situation as a desert, you think it is bad for people because it is not interesting, exciting, or useful in any way.
      [with supp]
      [disapproval]
  • They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete...

    他们居住的地方是坐落于一片钢筋水泥丛林中的12栋高层公寓楼。

  • Pubs are a cultural desert.

    酒馆是文化沙漠。

  • 3
    [VERB 动词]离弃,舍弃(某地) If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty.
      [V n]
  • Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs...

    小农场主正舍弃他们的土地,到这里来寻找工作。

  • After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets.

    演出结束后,观众从布莱克浦的大街上消失了踪迹。

  • deserted
  • They went off to swim in the pool, which was now deserted...

    他们去一个已废弃的游泳池游泳。

  • She led them into a deserted sidestreet.

    她带着他们走进一条空寂无人的小巷。

  • 4
    [VERB 动词]抛弃,遗弃(某人) If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you.
      [V n]
  • Mrs Roding's husband deserted her years ago...

    罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。

  • He has been deserted by most of his advisers.

    他的大多数顾问都弃他而去。

  • desertion
  • ...her father's desertion.

    她父亲的抛家弃子

  • 5
    [VERB 动词]背弃;放弃;脱离 If you desert something that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it.
      [V]
      [V n]
      [V n for n]
  • The paper's price rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers...

    报纸价格的上涨将导致更多的读者不再订阅。

  • He was pained to see many youngsters deserting kibbutz life...

    看到那么多的年轻人放弃了合作农场的生活,他感到很痛心。

  • Spaniards are worried about German investors deserting Spain for Eastern Europe.

    西班牙人担心德国投资者放弃西班牙而转向东欧。

  • desertion
  • ...a mass desertion of the Party by the electorate.

    大批选民抛弃了该党

  • ...possible further desertions from the party at its conference.

    在其大会上可能发生的更多的退党

  • 6
    [VERB 动词]突然丧失(特质、技巧等) If a quality or skill that you normally have deserts you, you suddenly find that you do not have it when you need it or want it.
      [V n]
  • Even when he appeared to be depressed, a dry sense of humour never deserted him...

    即使在他看上去很沮丧的时候,他也从没有丧失过自己的冷面幽默。

  • She lost the next five games, and the set, as her confidence abruptly deserted her.

    她突然自信心全失,接下来连败 5 局,并最终丢了这一盘。

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    [VERB 动词]擅离(职守);(尤指从军队)开小差 If someone deserts, or deserts a job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission.
      [V]
      [V from n]
      [V n]
  • He was a second-lieutenant in the army until he deserted...

    他在擅离部队之前是一名陆军少尉。

  • He deserted from army intelligence last month...

    上个月他从陆军情报机关开小差跑了。

  • Young workers are more willing to desert jobs they don't like.

    年轻职工对不喜欢的工作更易擅自离职。

  • desertion
  • The high rate of desertion has added to the army's woes...

    高逃兵率更使部队雪上加霜。

  • There were a growing number of desertions from the federal army.

    联邦部队中出现越来越多的开小差现象。

  • 8
    [PHRASE 短语]应得的惩罚;报应 If you say that someone has got their just deserts, you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that have happened to them, because they did something bad.
      [feelings]
  • At the end of the book the child's true identity is discovered, and the bad guys get their just deserts.

    在书的结尾,那个孩子的真实身份大白于世,坏人则得到了应有的惩罚。


  • Oxford
    des·ert
    noun
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    verb
    desert deserts deserted deserting
    noun / ˈdezət ; NAmE ˈdezərt / see also
    deserts
    [countable ,  uncountable ] a large area of land that has very little water and very few plants growing on it. Many desertsare covered by sand. 沙漠;荒漠;荒原 the Sahara Desert 撒哈拉大沙漠 Somalia is mostly desert. 索马里大部份地区都是荒漠。 burning desert sands 沙漠里灼热的沙 ( figurative) a cultural desert (= a place without any culture) 文化沙漠
    verb / dɪˈzɜːt ; NAmE dɪˈzɜːrt / 1 [transitive ] desertsb to leave sb without help or support 抛弃,离弃,遗弃(某人) SYN
    abandon
    She was deserted by her husband. 她被丈夫遗弃了。
    2 [transitive ,  often passive ] desertsth to go away from a place and leave it empty 舍弃,离弃(某地方) SYN
    abandon
    The villages had been deserted. 这些村庄已经荒无人烟了。 The owl seems to have deserted its nest. 这只猫头鹰似乎不要这个窝了。
    3 [intransitive ,  transitive ] desert(sth) to leave the armed forces without permission 擅离(部队);逃走;开小差 Large numbers of soldiers deserted as defeat became inevitable. 战败已成定局,许多士兵开小差跑了。 4 [transitive ] desertsth (for sth) to stop using, buying or supporting sth 废弃;放弃;撇下不管 Why did you desert teaching for politics? 你为什么弃教从政呢? 5 [transitive ] desertsb if a particular quality desertsyou, it is not there when you need it 背离;使失望 Her courage seemed to desert her for a moment. 她一时间似乎失去了勇气。 de·ser·tion desertion desertions / dɪˈzɜːʃn ; NAmE dɪˈzɜːrʃn / noun [uncountable ,  countable ] She felt betrayed by her husband's desertion. 她感到丈夫遗弃她辜负了她的心。 The army was badly affected by desertions. 开小差使部队大受影响。 IDIOMsee
    sink
    v.
    des·ert / ˈdezət ; NAmE ˈdezərt / de·ser·tion / dɪˈzɜːʃn ; NAmE dɪˈzɜːrʃn /
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    desert1 noun
    desert2 verb
    desertdes‧ert1 /ˈdezət $ -ərt/ ●●○ W3 noun
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    1desert [countable, uncountable] a large area of land where it is always very dry, there are few plants, and there is a lot of sand or rocks:  the Sahara Desert This area of the country is mostly desert.in the desert The plane crash-landed in the desert.2[countable] a place where there is no activity or where nothing interesting happens:  The railroad yard was a desert now.Do not confuse with dessert (=the sweet part of a meal).COLLOCATIONSadjectivesvast (=extremely big)· the vast Gobi desert in Chinaempty (=with no buildings or people in it)· Outside the city there was nothing but empty desert.arid (=with very little rain)· Very little can grow in this arid desert.an inhospitable desert (=not easy to live or stay in)· The interior of the country is an inhospitable desert.a barren desert (=where no plants can grow)· Years of intensive farming have turned the area into a barren desert.desert + NOUNa desert area/region· A hot dry wind blows from the desert areas of North Africa.a desert landscape· the flat desert landscape outside Kuwaitdesert country/land· Large parts of Oman are desert country.the desert sun/heat· Animals shelter from the desert sun during the day.phrasesa stretch/expanse of desert (=a very large area of desert)· In front of us was nothing but a vast expanse of desert.
    desert1 noun
    desert2 verb
    desertde‧sert2 /dɪˈzɜːt $ -ˈzɜːrt/ ●○○ verb
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    1[transitive] to leave someone or something and no longer help or support them SYN  abandon:  Helen was deserted by her husband. Many of the party’s traditional voters deserted it at the last election. The price rise caused many readers to desert the magazine.desert somebody for somebody He deserted her for another woman.2[transitive] to leave a place so that it is completely empty SYN  abandon:  The birds have deserted their nest.3[intransitive] to leave the army, navy etc without permission:  Several hundred soldiers have deserted.4[transitive] if a feeling, quality, or skill deserts you, you no longer have it, especially at a time when you need it:  Mike’s confidence seemed to have deserted him.
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