[こうぶち, koubuchi] (n) wild land; wasteland; wilderness[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wilderness \Wil"der*ness\, n. [OE. wildernesse,
wilderne,probably from AS. wildor a wild beast; cf. D.
wildernis wilderness. See {Wilder}, v. t.]
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1. A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited
by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain;
a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind.
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The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply. --Waller.
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2. A disorderly or neglected place. --Cowper.
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3. Quality or state of being wild; wildness. [Obs.]
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These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint
hands.
Will keep from wilderness with ease. --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wilderness
n 1: (politics) a state of disfavor; "he led the Democratic
party back from the wilderness"
2: a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania
where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the
American Civil War
3: a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition;
"it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and
mountaineers" [syn: {wilderness}, {wild}]
4: a bewildering profusion; "the duties of citizenship are lost
sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and
groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
