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wastes phrase[ plural ] large areas of land that are not used to grow crops and have few living animals or plants: 荒原,不毛之地 the Arctic wastes of northern Siberia西伯利亚北部的极地荒原地区 They journeyed through the rocky wastes of Afghanistan. They spent several months in the snowy wastes of Antarctica. They were battered by sandstorms in the desert wastes. He first encountered the Tuareg people in the wastes of the Sahara. See also
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