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

• 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。
• This paper analyses the progress of Chinese oasis agriculture in history and the effect of agricultural exploitation to ecological environment.
  本文论述了历史时期我国绿洲农业开发的基本进程，分析了农业开发对生态环境的影响。
• 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。
• 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。
• Ningxia Campagna is our country oasis one of main distributinging areas.
  宁夏平原是我国绿洲主要分布地区之一。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The housing estate will become a cultural oasis.
  小区将成为文化绿洲。
• 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。