English Dictionary

desert

/ˈdɛzət/

noun

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

The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the world.

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.