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desolate

🇬🇧 UK/'desəleit/🇺🇸 US/'desәlәt/
IELTSTOEFLGREC1

Definitions

adj.

Empty of people and life; bleak and barren; feeling utterly lonely and hopeless

荒凉的,无人烟的;孤寂的

v.

To make a place empty of inhabitants; to devastate or lay waste

使荒凉;使孤寂

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
dedown, away, reversal
+
solalone, single; sun
+
ateto make, having
=desolate

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The abandoned village looked desolate in the winter fog.

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