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wasteland

英 [ˈweɪstlænd]

美 [ˈweɪstlænd]

n.  荒地; 荒原; 不毛之地

复数:wastelands 

Collins.1 / BNC.14913 / COCA.14722

牛津词典

    noun

    • 荒地;荒原;不毛之地
      an area of land that cannot be used or that is no longer used for building or growing things on
      1. industrial wasteland
        工业废地
      2. the desert wastelands of Arizona
        亚利桑那州的荒漠
      3. The mid 1970s are seen as a cultural wasteland for rock music.
        20世纪70年代中期被视为摇滚乐的文化荒漠。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-VAR 荒地;荒原;不毛之地
      Awastelandis an area of land on which not much can grow or which has been spoiled in some way.
      1. The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.
        污染已经使大片地区沦为不毛之地。
      2. ...a 1 billion scheme which was to transform the wasteland of London's docks.
        耗资10亿英镑的旨在改造伦敦港区荒地的计划
      3. ...an industrial wasteland.
        工业废墟
    • N-COUNT (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 awasteland, you are criticizing it because you think there is nothing interesting or exciting in it.
      1. ...the cultural wasteland of Franco's repressive rule...
        佛朗哥高压统治下的文化贫瘠
      2. Everything was wrong, his life seemed to be a wasteland.
        每件事都不对劲,他的生活百无聊赖。

    英英释义

    noun

    • an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
      1. the barrens of central Africa
      2. the trackless wastes of the desert
      Synonym:barrenwaste

    双语例句

    • Industrial wasteland gradually emerges with the deterioration of the environment and the decline of traditional industries.
      工业废弃地是随着环境问题的恶化和传统工业的衰落逐渐出现的。
    • Live is a path, the cloves from wasteland is open to my feet along the path.
      生活是一条甬道,荒地的丁香通过它,一直开到了我的脚边。
    • Trapped in this wasteland inhabited by the sick, the drugged, and their indifferent keeper.
      陷入了其中只有病人、吸毒者和冷漠看守者的这一绝境之中。
    • This town is a cultural wasteland.
      这个镇是一个文化荒漠。
    • For several days we drove across an arid wasteland of dust and stones.
      好几天我们都驶过满是尘土与石头的干旱荒地。
    • Everything was wrong, his life seemed to be a wasteland.
      每件事都不对劲,他的生活百无聊赖。
    • This beautiful forest has been reduced to a wasteland.
      这片美丽的森林被毁,变成了一片荒地。
    • Before1740s, the Norbulingka was a land surrounded by wild animals, weeds, dwarf willows cluster wasteland.
      18世纪40年代以前,罗布林卡还是一片野兽出没,杂草、矮柳丛生的荒地。
    • In the coming years more wasteland will be opened up in a planned way.
      在以后几年中,将有计划地开垦更多的荒地。
    • Large tracts of wasteland have become a granary.
      荒滩变成米粮川。