wasteland

英 [ˈweɪstlænd]

美 [ˈweɪstlænd]

n.  荒地; 荒原; 不毛之地

复数：wastelands　

Collins.1 / BNC.14913 / COCA.14722

牛津词典

noun

• 荒地；荒原；不毛之地
  an area of land that cannot be used or that is no longer used for building or growing things on
  1. industrial wasteland
     工业废地
  2. the desert wastelands of Arizona
     亚利桑那州的荒漠
  3. The mid 1970s are seen as a cultural wasteland for rock music.
     20世纪70年代中期被视为摇滚乐的文化荒漠。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 荒地;荒原;不毛之地
  Awastelandis an area of land on which not much can grow or which has been spoiled in some way.
  1. The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.
     污染已经使大片地区沦为不毛之地。
  2. ...a 1 billion scheme which was to transform the wasteland of London's docks.
     耗资10亿英镑的旨在改造伦敦港区荒地的计划
  3. ...an industrial wasteland.
     工业废墟
• N-COUNT (地方、情形或时期的)沉闷乏味，单调
  If you refer to a place, situation, or period in time as awasteland, you are criticizing it because you think there is nothing interesting or exciting in it.
  1. ...the cultural wasteland of Franco's repressive rule...
     佛朗哥高压统治下的文化贫瘠
  2. Everything was wrong, his life seemed to be a wasteland.
     每件事都不对劲，他的生活百无聊赖。

英英释义

noun

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
  1. the barrens of central Africa
  2. the trackless wastes of the desert
  Synonym:barrenwaste

双语例句

• Sandy wasteland is name society and economy grow, especially what agriculture develops continuously is main restrict one of elements.
  沙荒是大名社会和经济发展，非凡是农业持续发展的主要制约因素之一。
• Live is a path, the cloves from wasteland is open to my feet along the path.
  生活是一条甬道，荒地的丁香通过它，一直开到了我的脚边。
• Industrial wasteland gradually emerges with the deterioration of the environment and the decline of traditional industries.
  工业废弃地是随着环境问题的恶化和传统工业的衰落逐渐出现的。
• They opened up large tracts of wasteland.
  他们开垦了大片荒地。
• Constituted the dead and endless summer in the wasteland.
  都在这一个无尽漫长的夏天成为了荒原的旱季。
• Environmental problems and countermeasures in land reclamation in mining wasteland
  矿业废弃地复垦中的环境问题及对策建议
• The smell from the wasteland has driven every farm worker away.
  从蔬菜废弃物囤积地传来的气味吓跑了农场的工人。
• Large tracts of wasteland have become a granary.
  荒滩变成米粮川。
• The paper studied on ecological benefit of Eulaliopsis binata grown in slope wasteland.
  采用野外观测采样及室内测试方法，研究了荒坡地种植龙须草的生态效益。
• This beautiful forest has been reduced to a wasteland.
  这片美丽的森林被毁，变成了一片荒地。