wilderness
/ˈwɪldənɪs/
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American sound/ˈwɪldənɪs/
wilderness
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wil - der - ness -> wilderness
Myanmar meaning
သဲကန္တာရ။ မထွန်ယက် မစိုက်ပျိုးသော ဥယျာဉ်ဒေသ။ရှုပ်ထွေးသည့် စုရုံးမှု။
Full entry
wilderness /'wÇldǝnǝs/ n (usu sing )
၁။ ကန္တာရ။ the Arctic wilderness.
၂။ ~ (of sth) မြက်တော ချုံတော။ The garden had been neglected for years and was now a wilderness of weeds. ❍ (fig ) a wilderness of old abandoned cars.
❏ in the wilderness [IDM ] အပယ်ခံ နိုင်ငံရေး သမားဘဝ။ After a few years in the wilderness he was reappointed to the Cabinet.
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- ‘It is a desert wilderness, but the separation and the fear are the same.’
- ‘I saw sequoias as tall and straight as skyscrapers, celestial waterfalls and a wilderness stretching to unseen horizons.’
- ‘Then they were released into the wilderness at the mountain's summit.’
- ‘That power isn't created by man but it's something that you see in a river in a mountain range, in a wilderness, in a wild lynx or mink and that is something that is so sacred.’
- ‘Who knows what might happen out there in the wilderness of desert?’
- ‘There are different terrain types to consider if fighting out in the wilderness.’
- ‘Environmental campaigners are now battling in the courts to save the desert wilderness from further destruction.’
- ‘But why do people come to Knock instead of sampling the serenity of Lough Derg or the wilderness of Croagh Patrick?’
- ‘Ahead is a barren land of lochans and beautifully-ridged mountains rising steeply from an uninhabited wilderness.’
- ‘When Mohammed opened the wilderness of the Arabian desert he carried the Koran in one hand and a sword in the other.’
- ‘Incredibly, 250 years ago the Lake District was seen as an ugly and inhospitable wilderness.’
- ‘Because we were suppose to be barbarians running wild in the wilderness?’
- ‘Villages of mud huts dot the hillsides and oases of green amid the barren wilderness provide sanctuary for its denizens.’
- ‘This is what they claim they are doing in the wilderness in their desert camps.’
- ‘At the time he was sixteen years old and part of a survey party that followed the Shenandoah River into the wilderness.’
- ‘In the wilderness, climbers ascend frozen waterfalls and ice on mountains.’
- ‘Wild rice was the name because of the resemblance to rice paddies and because it was just growing wild in the wilderness.’
- ‘This does not necessarily mean going to some deserted place in the wilderness.’
- ‘Isle Royale is an island wilderness supporting packs of wolves and herds of moose and is home to many rare plant species.’
- ‘Carver starts out at a disadvantage, but over time becomes uniquely suited to the tropical wilderness.’
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