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

• Finally I've found an oasis!
  我终于找到了一片绿洲！
• No oasis in reality.
  现实中没有绿洲。
• 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。
• This is sort of our oasis.
  这可说得上是我们的绿洲了。
• Dunhuang was a desert oasis and an important town on the Silk Road in ancient times.
  敦煌是古代丝绸之路上的沙漠绿洲和重要城镇。
• 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。
• Yanqing is the green screen and ecological oasis in northwest Beijing and the real back yard garden of Beijing.
  延庆是北京西北绿色屏障和生态绿洲，也是名副其实的北京后花园。
• 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”。
• It is the basis of quantitative research on the capacity of oasis systems to develop the appraising index system.
  构建绿洲系统承载力评价指标体系是定量研究绿洲系统承载力的基础。
• 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。