English-Thai Dictionary

wilderness

N บริเวณ รกร้าง ว่างเปล่า  barren waste wasteland bo-ri-wen-rok-rang-wang-pao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WILDERNESS

n.[from wild. ] 1. A desert; a tract of land or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide barren plain. In the United States, it is applied only to a forest. In Scripture, it is applied frequently to the deserts of Arabia. The Israelites wandered int he wilderness forty years.
2. The ocean.
The watry wilderness yields no supply.
3. A state of disorder. [Not in use. ]
4. A wood in a garden, resembling a forest.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WILDERNESS

Wil "der *ness, n. Etym: [OE. wildernesse, wilderne,probably from AS. wildor a wild beast; cf. D. wildernis wilderness. See Wilder, v. t.]

 

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. The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply. Waller.

 

2. A disorderly or neglected place. Cowper.

 

3. Quality or state of being wild; wildness. [Obs. ] These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint hands. Will keep from wilderness with ease. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

wilderness

wil der ness |ˈwildərnis ˈwɪldərnəs | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. • a neglected or abandoned area of a garden or town. • a position of disfavor, esp. in a political context: the man who led the Green Party out of the wilderness | [ as modifier ] : his wilderness years. PHRASES a voice in the wilderness an unheeded advocate of reform (see Matt. 3:3, etc. ).ORIGIN Old English wildēornes ‘land inhabited only by wild animals, ’ from wild dēor ‘wild deer ’ + -ness .

 

Wilderness, the

Wil der ness, the a wooded region of Spotsylvania County in northeastern Virginia, site of an inconclusive Civil War battle in 1864.

 

Wilderness Road

Wil der ness Road a historic route, opened by Daniel Boone in the 1770s and used until the 1840s, that allowed western migration through the Allegheny Mountains by way of the Cumberland Gap between Tennessee and Kentucky.

 

Oxford Dictionary

wilderness

wil ¦der |ness |ˈwɪldənɪs | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. • a neglected or abandoned area: the garden had become a wilderness of weeds and bushes. • a position of disfavour, especially in a political context: the man who led the Labour Party out of the wilderness | [ as modifier ] : his wilderness years. PHRASES a voice in the wilderness an unheeded advocate of reform (see Matt. 3:3 etc. ).ORIGIN Old English wildēornes ‘land inhabited only by wild animals ’, from wild dēor ‘wild deer ’ + -ness .

 

Wilderness, the

Wil der ness, the a wooded region of Spotsylvania County in northeastern Virginia, site of an inconclusive Civil War battle in 1864.

 

Wilderness Road

Wil der ness Road a historic route, opened by Daniel Boone in the 1770s and used until the 1840s, that allowed western migration through the Allegheny Mountains by way of the Cumberland Gap between Tennessee and Kentucky.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

wilderness

wilderness noun 1 the Siberian wilderness: wilds, wastes, bush, bush country, bushland, inhospitable region; desert, backcountry, outback, great outdoors; informal boondocks, boonies. 2 the urban wilderness: wasteland, no man's land; informal wilds. ▶adjective wilderness activities: outdoor recreation, ecotourism, adventure, backcountry.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

wilderness

wilderness noun 1 the Siberian wilderness of Kamchatka: wilds, wastes, uninhabited region, inhospitable region, uncultivated region, badlands; jungle; desert; S. African bundu. 2 a litter-strewn north London wilderness: wasteland, neglected area, abandoned area, no-man's-land. 3 a wilderness of boxes, suitcases, and trunks: jumble, muddle, clutter, confusion.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

wilderness

wil der ness /wɪ́ldə r nəs / (! -i-は /ɪ /) 名詞 複 ～es /-ɪz /C 〖通例単数形で 〗1 〖the ～〗荒野 , 原野 ; 砂漠 .2 人の姿も気配もない場所 , 荒涼とした所 .3 〖a ～〗雑然とした集まり .4 〖the W- 〗ウィルダネス 〘米国Virginia州北東部の森林地帯; 南北戦争の激戦地 〙.5 (庭などの )手入れをしていない部分 .6 ｟比喩的に ｠不幸な状態 ▸ the political wilderness 政治の空白 [荒廃 ]a v ò ice [cr ỳ, v ó ice cr ỳ ing ] in the w í lderness 荒野 （あらの ）で呼ばわる者の声 〘世に受け入れられない警告; 聖書より 〙.in [into ] the w í lderness 〈政治家 有力者が 〉権力や活動の中心から離れて, 在野で 〈過ごすなど 〉.～́ à rea ｟米 ｠自然保護地域 .