desert
gb/dˈɛzɚt/ us/dˈɛzɚt/
A2
انگلیسی
~ 4500
معنیها
۰ معنی
اسم
A2
entity
1
Dry, barren area of land
A big, dry place with almost no rain and very few plants.
الگوی کاربرد:
the [adjective] desert
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes confuse 'desert' with 'dessert' (sweet food after a meal).
هممعنیها
wasteland (Emphasizes complete emptiness and lack of life.)
متضادها
forest (A forest is full of trees and receives much more rainfall.)
ترکیبهای رایج
hot desert
|Sahara Desert
|desert climate
|desert landscape
|desert region
موضوعها
geography
|nature
|travel
نمونهها
- The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world.
- Many animals in the desert are active only at night.
- They crossed the desert on camels.
- This plant can survive in the harsh desert environment.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- The desert is very hot in the day.
- Camels live in the desert.
- We saw sand in the desert.
- It does not rain much in the desert.
فعل
B1
action
2
Leave someone or something behind
To go away from someone or something and not come back, often when you are needed.
الگوی کاربرد:
to desert [someone/something]
اشتباه رایج:
Learners may confuse this with 'deserve' due to similar pronunciation.
هممعنیها
abandon (Very close in meaning; 'abandon' is more common in general contexts.)
متضادها
support (To stay with and help someone instead of leaving them.)
ترکیبهای رایج
desert a friend
|desert a post
|desert one's family
|desert the army
موضوعها
relationships
|military
|core_vocabulary
نمونهها
- He would never desert his friends in trouble.
- The soldiers deserted their posts during the night.
- She felt deserted by her colleagues after the failure.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- He deserted his friend in need.
- The man deserted his family.
- The soldiers deserted the camp.
اسم
B2
entity
3
What someone deserves
A result that is fair for someone’s actions, usually bad as punishment.
اشتباه رایج:
Often misspelled as 'desserts'. This sense is mostly used in the fixed phrase 'just deserts'.
هممعنیها
comeuppance (Informal term meaning deserved punishment.)
متضادها
undeserved reward (Something received without merit.)
ترکیبهای رایج
just deserts
موضوعها
justice
|law
|core_vocabulary
نمونهها
- He got his just deserts for lying to everyone.
- Villains eventually meet their deserts.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- He got his just deserts.
- Bad people get their deserts.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
desert
IPA
GB/dˈɛzɚt/
US/dˈɛzɚt/
هجاها و تکیه
desert (۱ هجا)
Stress on 1st syllable (desert)
صورتهای واژه
Noun
- Base: desert
- Plural: deserts
Verb
- Base: desert
- 3rd Person Singular: deserts
- Present Participle: deserting
- Past: deserted
خانوادهٔ واژه
Forms
deserts
noun
deserting
verb
deserted
verb
Advanced or less common
desertify
verb
desertification
noun C1
عبارتها
just deserts
1/d͡ʒˈʌst dˈɛzɚts/
fixed phrase
Deserved outcome for actions
The fair and right result for what someone has done, usually bad as punishment.
نمونهها
- After years of cheating, he finally got his just deserts.
- The corrupt official faced his just deserts in court.
desert island
1/dˈɛzɚt ˈaɪlənd/
fixed phrase
Uninhabited remote island
A small island with no people living there, often far from other land.
نمونهها
- He dreamed of escaping to a desert island.
- They were stranded on a desert island for weeks.
- Being stranded on a desert island is a common story in books.
- He dreamed of living alone on a desert island.