wasteland
英 ['weɪs(t)lænd; -lənd]
美 ['westlənd]
- n. 荒地，不毛之地；未開墾地，荒漠；（精神或文化上的）貧乏
英文詞源
- wasteland (n.)
- 1825 as one word, from waste (adj.) + land (n.). Figurative sense is attested from 1868. Eliot's poem is from 1922.
April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
雙語例句
- 1. Everything was wrong, his life seemed to be a wasteland.
- 每件事都不對勁，他的生活百無聊賴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.
- 汙染已經使大片地區淪為不毛之地。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We shall turn this piece of wasteland into wheat fields.
- 我們要把這塊不毛之地改成麥田.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. They opened up large areas of wasteland and turned them into farmland.
- 他們在荒原上拓出大片農田.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The wasteland was transferred into fertile fields.
- 把荒地改變為良田.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》