wastelandn.
英 'weɪs(t)lænd; -lənd | 美 'westlənd
中文n. 荒地，不毛之地；未开垦地，荒漠；（精神或文化上的）贫乏
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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.
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