English Dictionary

wilderness

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈwɪldənəs/

名詞

不可算名詞 広義 可算名詞 廃用 比喩的用法

(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.

日本語の意味

未開で耕作や開発が行われていない、自然のままの土地。 / 野生動物が生息し、自然の植生がそのまま残る荒野。 / 広大な自然の未開発地を指す、開墾されていない自然地帯。

After days of hiking, we finally reached a clearing in the wilderness where the stars shone with astonishing clarity.

何日もハイキングした後、ついに人の手が入っていない荒野の開けた場所にたどり着き、星が驚くほどはっきりと輝いていました。

意味（1）

(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.

For ſtill he traueild through wide waſtfull ground, / That nought but deſert wilderneſſe ſhewed all around.

意味（2）

(countable) A place other than land (for example, the air or sea) that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness.

For now I ſtand as one vpon a rocke, / Inuirond with a wildernes of ſea, / VVho markes the waxing tide, grow waue by waue, / Expecting euer when ſome enuious ſurge, / VVill in his briniſh bowels ſwallow him.

意味（3）

(countable, horticulture) An ornamental part of a garden or park cultivated with trees and often a maze to evoke a natural wilderness.

And now with nerves new-brac'd and ſpirits chear'd / We tread the wilderneſs, whoſe well-roll'd walks / With curvature of ſlow and eaſy ſweep, / Deception innocent—give ample ſpace / To narrow bounds.

意味（4）

(uncountable, obsolete) Unrefinedness; wildness.

What ſhould I thinke, / Heauen ſhield my Mother plaid my Father faire: / For ſuch a warped ſlip of wilderneſſe / Nere iſſu'd from his blood. What should I think? / Heaven forbid, my mother must have been unfaithful to my father, / For such a warped descendant of wildness / Never issued from his blood.

意味（5）

Chiefly followed by of: a bewildering flock or throng; a large, often jumbled, collection of things.

Tuball. One of them ſhewed me a ring that hee had of your daughter for a Monkey. / Shy[lock]. Out vpon her, thou tortur'ſt me Tuball, it was my Turkies, I had it of Leah when I was a Batchellor: I would not haue giuen it for a wilderneſſe of Monkies.

意味（6）

A place or situation that is bewildering and in which one may get lost.

As I walk'd through the wilderneſs of this world, I lighted on a certain place, where was a Denn; And I laid me down in that place to ſleep: And as I ſlept I dreamed a Dream.

意味（7）

Often preceded by in the: a situation of disfavour or lack of recognition; (specifically, politics) of a politician, political party, etc.: a situation of being out of office.

After the firm establishment of the Irish Free State, [Winston] Churchill would continue to hold office until the depression. Then, he found himself in the political wilderness. But, unlike [David] Lloyd George, he would not find himself tripping to Berchtesgaden to prostrate himself before Adolf Hitler in admiration. Perhaps he had learned something from Michael Collins—never bend the knee to the tyrant.

wildernesses （ plural ）