oasis
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT An oasis is a small area in a desert where water and plants are found. (沙漠中的) 綠洲
2. N-COUNT You can refer to a pleasant place or situation as an oasis when it is surrounded by unpleasant ones. 綠洲般的地方
The immaculately tended gardens are an oasis in the midst of Cairo's urban sprawl. 那些打理得非常整潔的花園是襍亂擴張的開羅市區中的一片綠洲。
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oasis /əʊˈeɪsɪs/ (oases/əʊˈeɪsiːz/)
剑桥词典
- [ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]
a place in a desert where there is water and therefore plants and trees and sometimes a village or town
(沙漠中的)綠洲
[ 單數名詞 ]
a calm , pleasant place in the middle of somewhere busy and unpleasant
(繁忙、令人不適環境之中的)甯靜宜人之地
Her office was an oasis of peace and sanity amid the surrounding chaos . 在周圍亂哄哄的環境中,她的辦公室是一方甯靜之地。 返回 oasis