desert

noun

1. arid land with little or no vegetation

verb

1. leave someone who needs or counts on you
leave in the lurch

e.g. The mother deserted her children

Synonym: abandonforsakedesolate

2. leave behind

e.g. the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period

3. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

e.g. If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot

Synonym: defect

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。

1. 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.

e.g. ...the Sahara Desert.
撒哈拉大沙漠
e.g. ...the burning desert sun...
沙漠中火辣辣的太阳

2. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. Pubs are a cultural desert.
酒馆是文化沙漠。

3. 离弃，舍弃(某地)
If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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. 抛弃，遗弃(某人)
If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you.

e.g. Mrs Roding's husband deserted her years ago...
罗丁太太的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。
e.g. 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. 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.

desert的反义词

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

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. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

7. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. He deserted from army intelligence last month...
上个月他从陆军情报机关开小差跑了。

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. 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.

e.g. 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。

1. 抛弃：解释一下:甜点(dessert)中的沙子(s,联想到沙漠的意思)一定要抛弃(desert),甜点中有沙子当然不好吃,把中间的s去掉一个,就变成了沙漠.

2. 甜点：我对法国大餐不摸门,只知道开过胃以后,先上头道菜(entree),可以是汤(soup)、沙拉(salad)或者肉类冷盘(horsd'oeuvre),然后是主菜(maincourse),接下来是奶酪(cheese)、甜点(desert)、咖啡(coffee),最后可以泯一盅饭后酒(liquor)助消化.

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3. 荒漠：(6)荒漠(desert) 是极旱生的稀疏植被,其组成者是一系列特别耐旱的极旱生植物. 荒漠按气候条件可分为热带亚热带荒漠、暖温带荒漠、寒温带荒漠、北极高山荒漠等. (7)冻原(tundra) 是寒带的典型植被,在高山树线以上则存在着高山冻原.