沙漠
shā mò
Pinyin

Definition

沙漠
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shā mò
  1. desert
  2. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冷漠
lěng mò
  1. 1 cold and detached towards sb
  2. 2 lack of regard
  3. 3 indifference
  4. 4 neglect
沙
Shā
  1. 1 surname Sha
沙场
shā chǎng
  1. 1 sandpit
  2. 2 battleground
  3. 3 battlefield
沙拉
shā lā
  1. 1 salad (loanword)
沙漠
shā mò
  1. 1 desert
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (10)

一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
  1. 1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
  2. 2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
  1. 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
  1. 1 to die in battle (idiom)

Sample Sentences

比如沙漠里的动物—狮子、鸟、蜥蜴、蜘蛛、青蛙等等—大多数都有微黄的“沙漠色”作为它们的保护色；深海生物则因为红光不易穿透到深海，所以这里的鱼大多是红色的；而雪地上的动物—比如北极熊、北极兔—则会披上一层白色，让它们能安稳地藏在雪白世界中。
bǐrú shāmò lǐ de dòngwù —shīzi 、niǎo 、xīyì 、zhīzhū 、qīngwā děngděng —dàduōshù dōu yǒu wēi huáng de “shāmò sè ”zuòwéi tāmen de bǎohùsè ；shēnhǎi shēngwù zé yīnwèi hóng guāng bùyì chuāntòu dào shēnhǎi ，suǒyǐ zhèlǐ de yú dàduō shì hóngsè de ；ér xuě dì shàng de dòngwù —bǐrú běijíxióng 、běijí tù —zé huì pī shàng yī céng báisè ，ràng tāmen néng ānwěn de cáng zài xuěbái shìjiè zhōng 。
For example, in the desert, lions, birds, lizards, spiders, frogs and so on all have a light yellow “desert color” as their camouflage. Creatures in the deep ocean are often red because light cannot be easily shunned through in the deep sea. Lastly, animals that live in the snow, such as Polar Bears and Arctic Rabbits, will have a coat of white so that they can hide peacefully in the snowfield.
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两千多年前，我们的先辈筚路蓝缕，穿越草原沙漠，开辟出联通亚欧非的陆上丝绸之路；我们的先辈扬帆远航穿越惊涛骇浪，闯荡出连接东西方的海上丝绸之路。古丝绸之路打开了各国友好交往的新窗口，书写了人类发展进步的新篇章
liǎng qiān duō nián qián ，wǒmen de xiānbèi bìlùlánlǚ ，chuānyuè cǎoyuán shāmò ，kāipì chū liántōng yà Ōu Fēi de lùshàng SīchóuzhīLù ；wǒmen de xiānbèi Yáng fān yuǎn háng chuānyuè jīngtāohàilàng ，chuǎngdàng chū liánjiē dōngxīfāng de hǎishàng SīchóuzhīLù 。gǔ SīchóuzhīLù dǎkāi le gèguó yǒuhǎo jiāowǎng de Xīn chuāngkǒu ，shūxiě le rénlèi fāzhǎn jìnbù de Xīn piānzhāng
Over two thousand years ago, our forefathers endeavoured through hardships, crossing the plains and the desert, opening up the Silk Road linking Asia, Europe and Africa; Our forefathers raised their sails and navigated far and wide, crossing the stormy seas, braving the Maritime Silk Road linking the West and the East. The ancient Silk Road opened up new windows for friendly interaction between all countries, writing a new chapter in the book of the progress of human development.
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庾澄庆“热情的沙漠”
Yǔ chéng qìng “rèqíng de shāmò ”
Harlem Yu's "The Passionate Desert"
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没有风沙的聚积，就没有沙漠的广阔。
méiyǒu fēngshā de jùjī ，jiù méiyǒu shāmò de guǎngkuò 。
Without the accumulations from sandstorms, the dessert wouldn't be as vast.
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尼罗河也被称为世界第一长河。全长6670公里。流经坦桑尼亚、卢旺达、乌干达、埃塞俄比亚、苏丹和埃及等国，穿过世界上面积最大的撒哈拉沙漠，最后流入地中海。流域面积为335万平方公里，相当于非洲大陆面积的九分之一。
Níluóhé yě bèichēngwéi shìjiè dì yī chánghé 。quán cháng liùqiānliùbǎiqīshí gōngli 。liújīng Tǎnsāngníyà 、Lúwàngdá 、Wūgāndá 、āisài ébǐyà 、Sūdān hé āijí děng guó ，chuānguò shìjiè shàng miànjī zuìdà de Sāhālāshāmò ，zuìhòu liúrù Dìzhōnghǎi 。liúyùmiànjī wéi sānbǎisānshíwǔ wàn píngfāng gōngli ，xiāngdāngyú fēizhōu dàlù miànjī de jiǔfēnzhīyī 。
The Nile has also been called the world's longest river, at some 6670 kilometers in length. It flows through the countries of Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, passing through the Sahara Desert - the largest by area in the world, and finally flowing into the Mediterranean Sea. Its watershed covers 3,350,000 square kilometers, equal to 1/9th of the surface of the African Continent.
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你哪来那么多闲工夫看报纸？哎，你再听我说下一句。这句话绝对没错：新疆是沙漠最集中的地区。
nǐ nǎ lái nàme duō xián gōngfu kàn bàozhǐ ？āi ，nǐ zài tīng wǒ shuō xià yī jù 。zhè jù huà juéduì méicuò ：Xīnjiāng shì shāmò zuì jízhōng de dìqū 。
How do you find so much free time to read the newspaper? Hey, listen to something else I can tell you. This is definitely not incorrect: Xinjiang is the region with the most desert.
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我梦想有一天，甚至连密西西比州这个正义匿迹，压迫成风，如同沙漠般的地方，也将变成自由和正义的绿洲。
wǒ mèngxiǎng yǒuyītiān ，shènzhì lián mìxīxībǐ zhōu zhè ge zhèngyì nìjì ，yāpò chéngfēng ，rútóng shāmò bān de dìfang ，yě jiāng biàn chéng zìyóu hé zhèngyì de lǜzhōu 。
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妈，我又梦见爸爸了！他托梦给我说，他现在在沙漠，他很渴！
mā ，wǒ yòu mèngjiàn bàba le ！tā tuōmèng gěi wǒ shuō ，tā xiànzài zài shāmò ，tā hěn kě ！
Mom, I had another dream about Dad! He used a dream to speak with me. He's in the desert, and he's really thirsty!
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一望无际的大沙漠，中川，中川......
yīwàngwújì de dà shāmò ，Zhōngchuān ，Zhōngchuān ......
I'm in a boundless desert, Zhong Chuan.
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啊！看来不是幻觉，那房子越来越清晰了！难不成这就是传说中的沙漠绿洲？我们有救啦！
à ！kànlai bù shì huànjué ，nà fángzi yuèláiyuè qīngxī le ！nánbùchéng zhè jiùshì chuánshuō zhōng de shāmòlǜzhōu ？wǒmen yǒujiù la ！
Oh! It looks like it's not an illusion. That house is getting clearer and clearer! Could it be that this is an oasis, like the ones in legends? There's hope for us yet!
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