wasteland的词源

英文词源

wasteland (n.)

1825 as one word, from waste (adj.) + land (n.). Figurative sense is attested from 1868. Eliot's poem is from 1922.

April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.

中文词源

wasteland：不毛之地，荒地

词根词缀： waste荒芜的 + land土地

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