wilds

wilds — 名詞

1. remote natural country with very few people, roads, or buildings

1.名詞B2
釋義

荒野

偏遠少人的天然地區

remote natural country with very few people, roads, or buildings

例句

Christopher spent two weeks in the wilds of northern Canada with a local guide.

Christopher 跟著當地嚮導，在加拿大北部的荒野待了兩週。

pattern: in the wilds of + place

After the road ended, Rodrigo drove deeper into the wilds and lost his phone signal.

道路到了盡頭後，Rodrigo 開車更深入荒野，手機訊號也沒了。

collocation: deeper into the wilds

常見搭配
  • the wilds of
  • deep in the wilds
  • search the wilds
  • escape to the wilds
同義詞
  • wilderness

    more neutral and general for uncultivated natural land

  • backcountry

    often used for remote mountain or hiking areas

  • outback

    strongly associated with Australia and similar empty inland regions

反義詞
  • city

    built-up place with many people and services

  • suburbs

    settled residential areas close to a town or city

用法筆記

Usually appears as "the wilds", often with "of + place", and suggests country far from towns or ordinary services.

常見錯誤

They camped in a wild for three nights.
They camped in the wilds for three nights.
this meaning normally uses the plural form 'the wilds' for a remote region.
慣用語

in the wilds

idiom

in a remote area far from towns and difficult to reach

在荒野地帶

Folake runs a small research station in the wilds of eastern Kenya.

The cabin stood in the wilds, three hours from the nearest village.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • deep in the wilds
  • escape to the wilds

介系詞搭配

  • in the wilds of
  • into the wilds