dead zone
noun/ˈded zəʊn/
/ˈded zəʊn/
- a place or a period of time in which nothing happens
空白地带，空白期（没有事情发生） - The town is a cultural dead zone.
这个镇子是个文化荒原。
- The town is a cultural dead zone.
- an area that separates two places, groups of people, etc.
隔离带 - The UN is trying to maintain a dead zone between the warring groups.
联合国正试图在交战方之间保留隔离带。
- The UN is trying to maintain a dead zone between the warring groups.
- a place where a mobile phone does not work because no signal can be received
盲区，静区（无手机信号） - (biology) an area of water in which animals cannot live because there is not enough oxygen
死水区（因缺氧而使动物无法生存）