Question

desert和dessert读音区别是什么？

Answer 1

区别：desert都是['dezEt]，重音在前面，而dessert是饭后吃的甜品，重音在后面[di'zE:t]。而且两个单词第一个e发音不同。

desert和dessert区分方法:从含义、词性及用法上来区分。desert可作名词和动词两种词性，基本含义有“沙漠、荒原、抛弃、舍弃、逃走、开小差”; dessert只作名词，含义为“饭后甜点、甜食”。

desert的中文含义及用法介绍：

1、作为名词时，意为沙漠;荒漠;荒原。例句: Somalia is mostly desert.索马里大部分地区都是荒漠。

They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete...他们居住的地方是坐落于一片钢筋水泥丛林中的12栋高层公寓楼。

The wind blew in from the desert and covered everything with sand.风从沙漠那边吹来，把一切都蒙上了一层沙子。

He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。

2、作为动词时，意为抛弃，离弃，遗弃(某人);舍弃，离弃(某地方);擅离(部队);逃走;开小差。例句: She was deserted by her husband.

她被丈夫遗弃了。

The owl seems to have deserted its nest.这只猫头鹰似乎不要这个窝了。

Large numbers of soldiers deserted as defeat became inevitable.