wilderness 英 [ˈwɪldənəs]   美 [ˈwɪldərnəs]

wilderness

wilderness  英 [ˈwɪldənəs] 美 [ˈwɪldərnəs]

n. 荒地;荒野 

名词复数:wildernesses 

The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness. 南极洲是世界上最后一个大荒原。
a wilderness area  一个荒地区域(不谁建房)

  • If you don’t mow your lawn all summer, don’t be surprised if your neighbors complain that it resembles a wilderness, a wild area that is not tended by humans.
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  • n. 荒地;荒野
  • 1. The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness.

    南极洲是世界上最后一个大荒原。

  • 2. a wilderness area

    一个荒地区域(不谁建房)

  • 3. the barren wilderness of modern life

    现代生活贫瘠的荒漠

  • 4. Their garden is a wilderness of grass and weeds.

    他们的花园杂草丛生。

  • 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.
wil·der·ness / ˈwɪldənəs ; NAmE ˈwɪldərnəs / noun [usually singular ] 1 a large area of land that has never been developed or used for growing crops because it is difficult to live there 未开发的地区;荒无人烟的地区;荒野 The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness. 南极洲是世界上最后一个大荒原。 ( NAmE) a wilderness area (= one where it is not permitted to build houses or roads) (政府划定的)保留自然环境面貌地区 ( figurative) the barren wilderness of modern life 现代生活贫瘠的荒漠 2 a place that people do not take care of or control 荒芜的地方;杂草丛生处 Their garden is a wilderness of grass and weeds. 他们的花园杂草丛生。 IDIOM in the ˈwilderness no longer in an important position, especially in politics 在野;不再当政(或掌权) wilderness wildernesses wil·der·ness / ˈwɪldənəs ; NAmE ˈwɪldərnəs /
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