[mass noun]an unused area of land that has become barren or overgrown 荒地,未开垦地 ■a bleak, unattractive, and unused or neglected urban or industrial area (城区或工业区)荒凉之地;废墟 the restoration of industrial wasteland. 工业废墟的重建。 the mid 70s are now seen as something of a cultural wasteland. 现在认为70年代中期有些像一个文化荒漠时期。