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wil·der·ness AHD[wĭlʹdər-nĭs] D.J.[ˈwɪldənɪs]K.K.[ˈwɪldənɪs]n.（名词）- An unsettled, uncultivated region left in its natural condition, especially:荒野，荒地：保留天然条件的无人定居的未开垦地区，尤指：
- A large wild tract of land covered with dense vegetation or forests.草木丛生处：植被或森林覆盖的大片野生土地
- An extensive area, such as a desert or an ocean, that is barren or empty; a waste.荒野：大片土地, 例如沙漠、海洋，这些地区贫脊或空旷；荒野
- A piece of land set aside to grow wild.划出的一块不耕种的地
- Something characterized by bewildering vastness, perilousness, or unchecked profusion:令人困惑的东西：以令人迷惑的广大、危险四伏或没有扼制的浪费为特点的东西：the wilderness of the city; the wilderness of counterespionage; a wilderness of voices.城市令人困惑不解的地方；反间谍的复杂状况；声音噪乱
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old English *wilddēornes 源自 古英语 *wilddēornes
- probably from wilddēor [wild beast] 可能源自 wilddēor [野兽]
- wilde [wild] wilde [野生的]
- dēor [wild animal] dēor [野生动物]
注释- Deer comes from the Old English word dēor, meaning "beast.” Clearly the word has narrowed in meaning and lost its general sense.But another word in English,wilderness, may point to this general sense of Old English dēor. The etymology ofwilderness is variously given, but one etymology traces the-der- of wilderness back to dēor and wild- back to Old English wilde, "wild.” Der- may thus carry on dēor in its general sense, reminding us that wild beasts might be the only inhabitants of a wilderness.Wilderness, though it may have existed in Old English, is first found in 13th-century Middle English.Deer 来自于古英语中意为“野兽”的一词 deor 。 很明显这个词的词义缩小了，失去了它较笼统的意义。但英语中的另一个词wilderness, 大概会指出古英语中 deor 的笼统意义。 wilderness 的词源很多， 但一种说法顺着wilderness 中的 -der- 找到 deor ，顺着 wild- 中找到古英语中的 wilde “野蛮的”。 Der- 大概因此具有笼统意义上的 deor 的意义， 提醒我们野兽大概是荒野处的唯一居民。Wilderness 尽管在古英语中已存在， 但是在13世纪中世纪英语中首次出现的
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