oasis

/oh-ey-sis/US // oʊˈeɪ sɪs //UK // (əʊˈeɪsɪs) //

绿洲,绿州,沙漠,绿色的

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural o·a·ses [oh-ey-seez]. /oʊˈeɪ siz/.
- : a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- : something serving as a refuge, relief, or pleasant change from what is usual, annoying, difficult, etc.: The library was an oasis of calm in the hectic city.

nounspring

Synonyms

nounrefuge

Synonyms

Ribbon Falls, a sacred site of the Zuni people, is an incredible green oasis in the sea of red.
Even though people aren’t on the go, the home used to be an oasis.
All these inventions allowed small oases of civilization to be wrested from a natural wilderness that seemed endless.
They’re basically like oases — these islands in the middle of a desert of sand.
Most galling of all, Gow said, is the prospect that his ranch, his oasis, could suddenly become a thruway for construction and maintenance, an avenue for aerial surveillance and regular pesticide spraying that he would have no control over.
You might be surprised to hear that hidden in Tampa, Florida is a food oasis of the Cuban persuasion.
The pop-punk of Green Day, the Britpop of Oasis, the alternative arena rock of Weezer.
And, as it turns out, a necessary zen oasis from the deafening screams of tweenage girls as this Austin Mahone character performs.
Even so, in the turbulent Middle East of the Arab Spring Lebanon has been an oasis of calm and relative affluence.
They rushed out in bathrobes and slippers, their blissful oasis near a suburban mall suddenly transformed into a horror scene.
A trick like this—a generosity so distinct as this—is a real oasis in the ecclesiastical desert.
We now enter the Palais Royal, that strange white and green into which it is so simple never to stray.

/oh-ey-sis/US // oʊˈeɪ sɪs //UK // (əʊˈeɪsɪs) //

绿洲,绿州,沙漠,绿色的

n.名词 noun

1
plural o·a·ses [oh-ey-seez]. /oʊˈeɪ siz/.
- : a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- : something serving as a refuge, relief, or pleasant change from what is usual, annoying, difficult, etc.: The library was an oasis of calm in the hectic city.

nounspring

Synonyms

nounrefuge

Synonyms

Ribbon Falls, a sacred site of the Zuni people, is an incredible green oasis in the sea of red.
Even though people aren’t on the go, the home used to be an oasis.
All these inventions allowed small oases of civilization to be wrested from a natural wilderness that seemed endless.
They’re basically like oases — these islands in the middle of a desert of sand.
Most galling of all, Gow said, is the prospect that his ranch, his oasis, could suddenly become a thruway for construction and maintenance, an avenue for aerial surveillance and regular pesticide spraying that he would have no control over.
You might be surprised to hear that hidden in Tampa, Florida is a food oasis of the Cuban persuasion.
The pop-punk of Green Day, the Britpop of Oasis, the alternative arena rock of Weezer.
And, as it turns out, a necessary zen oasis from the deafening screams of tweenage girls as this Austin Mahone character performs.
Even so, in the turbulent Middle East of the Arab Spring Lebanon has been an oasis of calm and relative affluence.
They rushed out in bathrobes and slippers, their blissful oasis near a suburban mall suddenly transformed into a horror scene.
A trick like this—a generosity so distinct as this—is a real oasis in the ecclesiastical desert.
We now enter the Palais Royal, that strange white and green into which it is so simple never to stray.