| 英语单词 | wasteland |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['weɪstlænd] 美 ['weɪstlænd] |
| 中文释义 | n.荒地;未开垦地;贫乏之地 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The wasteland of the north is scarcely populated. (2) Back then, Beijing city was an industrial wasteland. (3) They are going about cultivating the wasteland. (4) We dug up a piece of wasteland to grow vegetables. (5) My friend told me that the place she live is a cultural wasteland. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 北方的大荒原地广人稀。 (2) 那时,北京市还是一片工业荒原。 (3) 他们开始垦荒。 (4) 我们开垦了一块荒地种蔬菜。 (5) 我的朋友告诉我她住的地方文化生活贫乏。 |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]荒地;荒原;不毛之地 A wasteland is an area of land on which not much can grow or which has been spoiled in some way. [oft adj N]
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](地方、情形或时期的)沉闷乏味,单调 If you refer to a place, situation, or period in time as a wasteland, you are criticizing it because you think there is nothing interesting or exciting in it. [oft adj N] [disapproval]
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