(n) a bewildering profusion, Example: the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups; a wilderness of masts in the harbor
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wildered p. pr. & vb. n. Wildering. ] [ Akin to E. wild, Dan. forvilde to bewilder, Icel. villr bewildered, villa to bewilder; cf. AS. wildor a wild animal. See Wild, a., and cf. Wilderness. ] To bewilder; to perplex. [ 1913 Webster ]
Long lost and wildered in the maze of fate. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Again the wildered fancy dreams Of spouting fountains, frozen as they rose. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. wildernesse, wilderne, probably from AS. wildor a wild beast; cf. D. wildernis wilderness. See Wilder, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]
The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A disorderly or neglected place. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Quality or state of being wild; wildness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint hands. Will keep from wilderness with ease. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
