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

• 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。
• Finally I've found an oasis!
  我终于找到了一片绿洲！
• Desert ecosystem is the material and ecological base of artificial oasis in Xinjiang.
  荒漠生态系统是建立新疆平原人工绿洲生态系统的物质基础和生态基础。
• The housing estate will become a cultural oasis.
  小区将成为文化绿洲。
• 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。
• Effects of different irrigation norms on yield and eco-physiological indices of potato were studied on oasis in northwest China.
  在西北绿洲生态条件下，研究了不同灌水处理对马铃薯产量及生态生理指标的影响。
• No oasis in reality.
  现实中没有绿洲。
• 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。
• This is sort of our oasis.
  这可说得上是我们的绿洲了。
• 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。