desolate
gb/dˈɛsəlɪt/ us/dˈɛsəlɪt/
B2
อังกฤษ
~ 4600
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
adjective
B2
property
1
Empty and lifeless
Used to talk about a place with no people, plants, or activity.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[a place] is desolate
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'desolate' with 'isolated'. 'Isolated' means far from other places, but 'desolate' also means empty and lifeless.
คำพ้องความหมาย
barren (Focuses more on the inability to support life, especially plant life.)
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bleak (Emphasizes harshness and lack of comfort in addition to emptiness.)
คำตรงข้าม
populated (Describes a place with many people living there.)
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fertile (Describes land that can support abundant plant life.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
desolate landscape
|desolate area
|desolate street
|desolate plain
หัวข้อ
geography
|nature
|travel
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The once-busy town was now desolate after the factory closed.
- A desolate stretch of highway ran through the desert.
- The island looked desolate, with no signs of human habitation.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The beach was desolate after the storm.
- This road is long and desolate.
- The farm is in a desolate area.
adjective
literary
C1
state
2
Very sad and lonely
Feeling very sad and alone.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] feels desolate
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse 'desolate' with 'lonely'. 'Lonely' is common and neutral, while 'desolate' is stronger and more literary.
คำพ้องความหมาย
forlorn (Implies sadness with a sense of abandonment.)
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heartbroken (Stronger focus on emotional pain from loss.)
คำตรงข้าม
comforted (Feeling supported or reassured.)
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content (Feeling satisfied and at peace.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
feel desolate
|look desolate
|emotionally desolate
หัวข้อ
emotions
|psychology
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- After the breakup, she felt utterly desolate.
- He looked desolate when he heard the news.
- The loss left him emotionally desolate for months.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- She felt desolate after her friend left.
- He was desolate when his dog died.
- I felt desolate when I moved to a new city.
คำกริยา
formal
C2
action
3
Make a place empty and lifeless
To make a place empty and without life.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to desolate [a place]
คำพ้องความหมาย
devastate (Often used for destruction caused by disaster or war.)
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ravage (Implies severe and often violent damage.)
คำตรงข้าม
repopulate (To bring people back to live in a place.)
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restore (To bring something back to a good condition or to life.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
war desolated the city
|desolated countryside
หัวข้อ
geography
|history
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The hurricane desolated the coastal towns.
- Years of drought had desolated the farmland.
- War had desolated much of the region.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The fire desolated the forest.
- The war desolated the city.
- The storm desolated the island.
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desolate
IPA
GB/dˈɛsəlɪt/
US/dˈɛsəlɪt/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
des - ol - ate (3 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (des)
รูปคำ
Adjective
- Base: desolate
Verb
- Base: desolate
- 3rd Person Singular: desolates
- Present Participle: desolating
- Past: desolated
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
desolates
verb
desolating
verb
desolated
verb
Core family
desolation
noun C1
Related words
desolately
adverb
วลีและสำนวน
desolate wilderness
1/dˈɛsəlɪt wˈɪldɚnəs/
fixed phrase
Empty, lifeless natural area
An empty place in nature with no people or signs of life.
ตัวอย่าง
- They crossed a vast, desolate wilderness.
- The explorers were lost in a desolate wilderness.
leave someone desolate
1/lˈiv sˈʌmwˌʌn dˈɛsəlɪt/
fixed phrase
Make someone feel very sad and alone
To make someone feel very sad and alone.
ตัวอย่าง
- Her sudden departure left him desolate.
- The news of the accident left them desolate.