oasis

英 [??'e?s?s] 美[o'es?s]

TEM8IELTSGRE低頻詞擴展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?oases;

oasis 綠洲，樂土

來自希臘語oasis,沙漠綠洲，最終來自埃及語。

oasis: oasis: [17] The ultimate origins of the word oasis no doubt lie in North Africa, and although no positive link has been established, it is likely to be related in some way to Coptic ouahe. This means literally ‘dwelling area’ (it is derived from the verb ouih ‘dwell’), but since isolated fertile spots in the desert are natural centres of habitation, it is used also for ‘oasis’. The farthest back we can actually trace English oasis is, via Latin, to Greek óa(chǎn)sis.
oasis (n.): 1610s, from French oasis (18c.) and directly from Late Latin oasis, from Greek oasis, probably from Hamitic (compare Coptic wahe, ouahe "oasis," properly "dwelling place," from ouih "dwell"). The same Egyptian source produced Arabic wahah.

1. It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis.: 它在他眼前晃動，好像海市蜃樓里的綠洲。

4. Stephen Miller, chief executive of Oasis, said: Where are traditional carriers most vulnerable?: 甘泉航空( Oasis )首席執(zhí)行官斯蒂芬?米勒(StephenMiller)表示: 傳統(tǒng)運營商最薄弱的環(huán)節(jié)在哪里?

5. The immaculately tended gardens are an oasis in the midst of Cairo's urban sprawl.: 在開羅不斷擴張的都市版圖內(nèi)，這些被悉心照料的花園成了一片世外桃源。