deserted

Definitions

From the verb desert (to abandon) + -ed, used as an adjective. A deserted place is one that people have abandoned — left empty. Note it describes places far more often than people (a deserted street, a deserted village).

Common Collocations

• 1.a deserted street空荡荡的街道
• 2.a deserted village废弃的村庄
• 3.deserted at night夜里空无一人
• 4.look deserted显得荒凉

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The beach was completely deserted early in the morning.

• 2.

  They explored a deserted village hidden in the hills.

• 3.

  At that hour the office felt eerily deserted.