oasis

英 [əʊˈeɪsɪs]

美 [oʊˈeɪsɪs]

n.  (沙漠中的)绿洲; (困苦中)令人快慰的地方(或时刻); 乐土; 乐事

复数：oases　

IELTSGRETEM8医学

Collins.1 / BNC.11579 / COCA.10318

牛津词典

noun

• （沙漠中的）绿洲
  an area in the desert where there is water and where plants grow
• （困苦中）令人快慰的地方（或时刻）；乐土；乐事
  a pleasant place or period of time in the middle of sth unpleasant or difficult
  1. an oasis of calm
     宁静的一刻
  2. a green oasis in the heart of the city
     都市中心的绿茵

柯林斯词典

• （沙漠中的）绿洲
  Anoasisis a small area in a desert where water and plants are found.
• N-COUNT （恶劣环境中的）宜人之地，乐土；（不愉快情形下的）开心之时，乐事
  You can refer to a pleasant place or situation as anoasiswhen it is surrounded by unpleasant ones.
  1. The immaculately tended gardens are an oasis in the midst of Cairo's urban sprawl.
     在开罗不断扩张的都市版图内，这些被悉心照料的花园成了一片世外桃源。

英英释义

noun

• a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
  Synonym:haven
• a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

双语例句

• The ecological environment of Guide province's be richly endowed by nature, is a rare plateau oasis.
  贵德的生态环境得天独厚，是全省少有的高原绿洲。
• With a thriving tourist Industry, the small town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.
  因旅游业而兴旺起来的这个小镇成为贫困荒芜地区中的一个繁荣的小绿洲了。
• This is sort of our oasis.
  这可说得上是我们的绿洲了。
• Well, we've managed to avoid the armadillos and now we're at the oasis.
  好了，我们已经设法避开犰狳，到了绿洲餐馆了。
• It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis.
  它在他眼前晃动，好像海市蜃楼里的绿洲。
• This suggests they do not feel safe in the last loyalist stronghold, the oasis of Sebha.
  这表明他们在赛布哈的绿洲&效忠派最后的要塞，并没有感到安全。
• Love is an oasis on a boundless desert which gives a tired walker strength and hope.
  爱是无边沙漠中的一片绿洲，它能给那些疲惫的旅行者以力量和希望。
• The town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.
  该镇是贫穷荒漠中的一块繁荣的“绿洲”。
• This will include support for existing and emerging security technologies from such organizations as W3C and OASIS.
  这要包括支持如W3C和OASIS这样的机构提供的现有的和新兴的安全性技术。
• A survivor of the Western business passenger fled from the desert to oasis.
  一个死里逃生的西域商客从沙漠中逃到绿洲。