wilderness 音标拼音: [w'ɪldɚnəs]
n . 荒野,荒地,大量
荒野,荒地,大量
wilderness n 1 : (
politics )
a state of disfavor ; "
he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness "
2 :
a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War 3 :
a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition ;
"
it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers " [
synonym : {
wilderness }, {
wild }]
4 :
a bewildering profusion ; "
the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups "; "
a wilderness of masts in the harbor "
Wilderness \
Wil "
der *
ness \,
n . [
OE .
wildernesse ,
wilderne ,
probably from AS .
wildor a wild beast ;
cf .
D .
wildernis wilderness .
See {
Wilder },
v .
t .]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
A tract of land ,
or a region ,
uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings ,
whether a forest or a wide ,
barren plain ;
a wild ;
a waste ;
a desert ;
a pathless waste of any kind .
[
1913 Webster ]
The wat '
ry wilderness yields no supply . --
Waller .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A disorderly or neglected place . --
Cowper .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Quality or state of being wild ;
wildness . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint hands .
Will keep from wilderness with ease . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wilderness ":
Arabia Deserta ,
Chinese puzzle ,
Death Valley ,
Gordian knot ,
Lebensraum ,
Rube Goldberg contraption ,
Sahara ,
air space ,
back country ,
back of beyond ,
backcountry ,
backlands ,
backwoods ,
barren ,
barren land ,
barrens ,
boondock ,
boondocks ,
borderland ,
brush ,
bush ,
bush country ,
bushveld ,
can of worms ,
clear space ,
clearance ,
clearing ,
complex ,
desert ,
desolation ,
distant prospect ,
dust bowl ,
empty view ,
forests ,
frontier ,
glade ,
heath ,
hinterland ,
howling wilderness ,
jungle ,
karroo ,
knot ,
labyrinth ,
living space ,
lunar landscape ,
lunar waste ,
maze ,
meander ,
mesh ,
mess ,
open country ,
open space ,
outback ,
outpost ,
perplex ,
plain ,
prairie ,
ravel ,
salt flat ,
snafu ,
snake pit ,
snarl ,
steppe ,
tangle ,
tangled skein ,
terrain ,
territory ,
the bush ,
timbers ,
uninhabited region ,
up -
country ,
virgin land ,
virgin territory ,
waste ,
wasteland ,
weary waste ,
webwork ,
wheels within wheels ,
wide -
open spaces ,
wild ,
wild West ,
wildness ,
wilds ,
woodlands ,
woods Wilderness (
1 .)
Heb .
midhbar ,
denoting not a barren desert but a district or region suitable for pasturing sheep and cattle (
Ps .
65 :
12 ;
Isa .
42 :
11 ;
Jer .
23 :
10 ;
Joel 1 :
19 ;
2 :
22 );
an uncultivated place .
This word is used of the wilderness of Beersheba (
Gen .
21 :
14 ),
on the southern border of Palestine ;
the wilderness of the Red Sea (
Ex .
13 :
18 );
of Shur (
15 :
22 ),
a portion of the Sinaitic peninsula ;
of Sin (
17 :
1 ),
Sinai (
Lev .
7 :
38 ),
Moab (
Deut .
2 :
8 ),
Judah (
Judg .
1 :
16 ),
Ziph ,
Maon ,
En -
gedi (
1 Sam .
23 :
14 ,
24 ;
24 :
1 ),
Jeruel and Tekoa (
2 Chr .
20 :
16 ,
20 ),
Kadesh (
Ps .
29 :
8 ).
"
The wilderness of the sea " (
Isa .
21 :
1 ).
Principal Douglas ,
referring to this expression ,
says : "
A mysterious name ,
which must be meant to describe Babylon (
see especially ver .
9 ),
perhaps because it became the place of discipline to God '
s people ,
as the wilderness of the Red Sea had been (
comp .
Ezek .
20 :
35 ).
Otherwise it is in contrast with the symbolic title in Isa .
22 :
1 .
Jerusalem is the "
valley of vision ,"
rich in spiritual husbandry ;
whereas Babylon ,
the rival centre of influence ,
is spiritually barren and as restless as the sea (
comp .
57 :
20 )."
A Short Analysis of the O .
T .
(
2 .)
Jeshimon ,
a desert waste (
Deut .
32 :
10 ;
Ps .
68 :
7 ).
(
3 .) '
Arabah ,
the name given to the valley from the Dead Sea to the eastern branch of the Red Sea .
In Deut .
1 :
1 ;
2 :
8 ,
it is rendered "
plain " (
R .
V ., "
Arabah ").
(
4 .)
Tziyyah ,
a "
dry place " (
Ps .
78 :
17 ;
105 :
41 ).
(
5 .)
Tohu ,
a "
desolate "
place ,
a place "
waste "
or "
unoccupied "
(
Deut .
32 :
10 ;
Job 12 :
24 ;
comp .
Gen .
1 :
2 , "
without form ").
The wilderness region in the Sinaitic peninsula through which for forty years the Hebrews wandered is generally styled "
the wilderness of the wanderings ."
This entire region is in the form of a triangle ,
having its base toward the north and its apex toward the south .
Its extent from north to south is about 250 miles ,
and at its widest point it is about 150 miles broad .
Throughout this vast region of some 1 ,
500 square miles there is not a single river .
The northern part of this triangular peninsula is properly the "
wilderness of the wanderings "
(
et -
Tih ).
The western portion of it is called the "
wilderness of Shur " (
Ex .
15 :
22 ),
and the eastern the "
wilderness of Paran ."
The "
wilderness of Judea " (
Matt .
3 :
1 )
is a wild ,
barren region ,
lying between the Dead Sea and the Hebron Mountains .
It is the "
Jeshimon "
mentioned in 1 Sam .
23 :
19 .
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