wasteness

n. 荒芜, 荒凉

发音

UK /ˈweɪstnəs/

词形变化

wastenesses 复数 wastenesses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The state of being laid waste; desolation.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  2. 2.

    The state of being uncultivated; wild, barren.

    古体 可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A wilderness.

    可数 废旧 不可数

词源

From Middle English wastnesse; equivalent to waste + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian woestens (“wildness, savagery, fierceness”), Dutch woestenis (“wasteland”), German Wüstnis (“desert, wasteland”).

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