English Dictionary

desert

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɛzət/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法

A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland. / (figuratively) Any barren place or situation.

日本語の意味

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。

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

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。

意味（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.

意味（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.

deserts （ plural ）