Tra từ desolate - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Radin's body was found in a desolate canyon about 65 miles north of Los Angeles.
▪ the desolate terrain of the moon
▪ The little mining town was desolate and ugly.
▪ We looked out over a desolate landscape of bare trees and stony fields.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But downtown is desolate with empty storefronts.
▪ In some of the more desolate regions, half of the active population is out of work.
▪ One imagines with misgiving the last scene on desolate Eldey.
▪ The desolate quietness was almost painful.
▪ The bus station was similarly desolate, while the cinema, cultural centre, public baths and a hospital have closed.
▪ There are stretches of land scattered throughout the United States that have become so desolate they are the stuff of legends.
▪ To people who work outside all day this is one of the most desolate sounds known.
▪ We sat still in the desolate space for several hours before we surmised that evidently we were free to go.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Andropulos was desolated by the deaths of his friends.
▪ Drought had desolated the farming town.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Lesley-Jane was desolated, but desolated.

desolate

I. des‧o‧late¹ /ˈdesələt/ adjective
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Latin; Origin : desolatus, from solus 'alone']
1. a place that is desolate is empty and looks sad because there are no people there:
　 ▪ a desolate landscape

2. someone who is desolate feels very sad and lonely

—desolately adverb

—desolation /ˌdesəˈleɪʃən/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]

II. des‧o‧late² /ˈdesəleɪt/ verb [TRANSITIVE USUALLY PASSIVE] literary
to make someone feel very sad and lonely SYN devastate:
　 ▪ David was desolated by his wife’s death.

—desolated adjective