wilderness
英['wɪldənɪs]
美['wɪldɚnəs]
- n. 荒地；大量，茫茫一片
词态变化
复数: wildernesses;
中文词源
wilderness 荒野
来自wild,荒野的，狂野的。
英文词源
- wilderness (n.)
- c. 1200, "wild, uninhabited, or uncultivated place," with -ness + Old English wild-deor "wild animal, wild deer;" see wild (adj.) + deer (n.). Similar formation in Dutch wildernis, German Wildernis, though the usual form there is Wildnis.
双语例句
- 1. He is proud of the garden he made from a wilderness.
- 他为自己从荒地上开辟出的花园而感到自豪。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The wilderness campsite had its own peculiar enchantment.
- 野营地有其自身独特的魅力。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness.
- 南极洲是世界上最後一個大荒原。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.
- 她赶着牛群穿过荒野.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Jesus went out into the wilderness to think alone.
- 耶稣走进荒野去独自思考.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》