資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Desert \Des"ert\, a. [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere, and F.
d['e]sert. See 2d {Desert}.]
Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or
cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate;
solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
He . . . went aside privately into a desert place.
--Luke ix. 10.
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste
its sweetness on the desert air. --Gray.
{Desert flora} (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing
naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently
unproductive place.
{Desert hare} (Zo["o]l.), a small hare ({Lepus sylvaticus},
var. Arizon[ae]) inhabiting the deserts of the Western
United States.
{Desert mouse} (Zo["o]l.), an American mouse ({Hesperomys
eremicus}), living in the Western deserts.
Cottontail \Cot"ton*tail`\ (k[o^]t"t'n*t[=a]l`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
The American wood rabbit ({Lepus sylvaticus}); -- also called
{Molly cottontail}.