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desert2/ˈdezət/ n. & adj.●n. 1 a dry barren often sand-covered area of land, characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation 沙漠 2 an uninteresting or barren subject, period, etc. 枯燥乏味的事物(或时期等) a cultural desert 文化沙漠 ●adj. 1 uninhabited, desolate 无人迹的,无人烟的 2 uncultivated, barren 不毛的,贫瘠的 [Middle English via Old French from Latin desertus, ecclesiastical Latin desertum (n.), past part. of deserere ‘leave, forsake’] |