c. 1200, "wild, uninhabited, or uncultivated place," with -ness + Old English wild-deor "wild animal, wild deer;" see wild (adj.) + deer (n.). Similar formation in Dutch wildernis, German Wildernis, though the usual form there is Wildnis.
雙語例句
1. He is proud of the garden he made from a wilderness.
他為自己從荒地上開辟出的花園而感到自豪。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The wilderness campsite had its own peculiar enchantment.
野營地有其自身獨特的魅力。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness.
南極洲是世界上最後一個大荒原。
來自《權威詞典》
4. She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.
她趕著牛群穿過荒野.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Jesus went out into the wilderness to think alone.