荒

uncultivated

out of practice

荒[huāng]

-（荒芜）waste:
Thelandlieswaste[uncultivated].地荒了。
-（荒凉）desolate;barren:
desertedvillage;荒村
barrenhill荒山
-(不合情理)fantastic;absurd:
absurdandgroundless荒诞无稽
-（迷乱;放纵）dissolute;self-indulgent:
giventodebauchery;dissipatedandunashamed荒淫无耻
-（未加工的;粗制的）roughlyprocessed;crude:
blank荒子{机}
-（荒歉）famine;cropfailure:
storeupgrainagainstnaturaldisasters;储粮备荒
Manypeoplediedduringfamineseveryyearbeforeliberation.解放前每年有许多人在饥荒中死亡。
-（荒地）wasteland;uncultivatedland:
reclaim[openup]wasteland垦荒
-（严重的缺乏）shortage;scarcity:
housingshortage;房荒
watershortage水荒
-（姓氏）asurname:
HuangXin荒欣
-（荒疏）neglect;beoutofpractice:
Don'tneglectyourlessons.别把功课荒了。
HisEnglishisrusty.他的英语丢荒了。

美国的公共教育史起源于早期拓荒者的社会。
The history of public education in the United States dates from the society of the early pioneers.

任何人对她报道的饥荒情况都不可能无动于衷。
It's impossible to remain unmoved by her reports of the famine.

千千万万的人死于饥荒。
Thousands of people died of famine.

这老人想起年轻时的荒唐事，不禁苦笑。
The old man smiled sadly when he remembered the follies of his youth.

不练习就会荒疏。
If you don't play, you'll get out of practice.

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