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desert

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Source Word

desert

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdɛzət/

Noun

countable uncountable figuratively

Japanese Meaning

砂漠：水や植生がほとんど存在しない荒涼とした土地、不毛の大地。 / 比喩的に、不毛な場所や状況を指す場合もある。

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The lone cactus stood as a tiny oasis in the vast desert, offering a rare sign of life.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

孤独なサボテンが広大な砂漠の中で小さなオアシスとなり、稀な命の兆しを示していた。

Sense（1）

A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.

Not thus the land appear'd in ages past, / A dreary desert and a gloomy waste.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(figuratively) Any barren place or situation.

He declared that the country was an intellectual desert; that he was famishing for spiritual aliment, and for discourse on matters beyond mere nuggets, prospectings, and the price of gold.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

deserts

（ plural ）

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