desolate1
KK: [ˈdɛsḷɪt]
DJ: [ˈdеsǝlit]
a.
- 荒蕪的，無人煙的
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We saw few houses in the
desolate valley.
在這荒涼的山谷裡，我們很少見到房子。
- 孤寂的，淒涼的，被遺棄的
衍生
ad.
desolately
n.
desolateness
辨析
desolate2
KK: [ˈdɛsḷˌеt]
DJ: [ˈdеsǝlеit]
vt.
- 使荒蕪；使孤寂[H]
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The land was
desolated by floods.
洪水使田野荒蕪。
衍生
adj.
/
ˈdɛs(ə)lət/
- giving an impression of bleak and dismal emptiness.
- utterly wretched and unhappy.
v.
/
ˈdɛsəleɪt/
make desolate.
Derivative
- desolately adv.
- desolateness n.
- desolation n.
- desolator n.
Etymology
ME: from L. desolat-, desolare ‘abandon’, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + solus ‘alone’.
