oasis
/əʊˈeɪsɪs/noun
उच्चारण ओएसिस
मरूद्यान, रेगिस्तान में हरियाली और पानी वाली जगह
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[C]
an area in a desert where there is water and where plants grow
मरूद्यान, रेगिस्तान में हरियाली और पानी वाली जगह
- The camels stopped to drink at an oasis.
- Date palms grow around the oasis.
- The travellers rested at an oasis in the Thar desert.
+ 2 more examples
- Palm trees marked the oasis from afar.
- Camels quenched their thirst at the oasis.
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[C] ~ of sth
a pleasant place or period that is different from what surrounds it
(शोर, परेशानी के बीच) सुकून की जगह
- The library is an oasis of calm in the noisy campus.
- The weekend retreat was an oasis in an exhausting month.
- The garden is a green oasis in the busy city.
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- Her room was an oasis of peace amid the wedding noise.
- The café was an oasis for tired shoppers.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
an oasis (plural: oases)
The plural is oases, pronounced oh-AY-seez; it is not 'oasises'.
Plural 'oases' है, जिसका उच्चारण oh-AY-seez है; 'oasises' नहीं।
- The caravan rested at an oasis.
- Several oases lie along the old trade route.
an oasis in the desert / in the middle of sth
Use in for the surrounding place that the oasis is inside.
जिस घिरे हुए स्थान के भीतर 'oasis' हो, उसके लिए 'in' आता है।
- The park is an oasis in the middle of the busy city.
an oasis of + noun (calm, peace, green)
Figuratively, an oasis of calm means a peaceful place or time among noise and trouble.
आलंकारिक रूप में 'oasis of calm' शोर और परेशानियों के बीच शांत स्थान या समय को कहते हैं।
- The library was an oasis of calm during exam week.
oasis in the desert (setting and use)
An oasis is a fertile spot with water in a dry region, so travellers stop, rest and drink there.
'Oasis' शुष्क क्षेत्र का वह उपजाऊ स्थान है जहाँ पानी होता है, इसलिए यात्री वहाँ रुकते, आराम करते और पानी पीते हैं।
- The oasis is green all year.
- Date farmers depend on the oasis for water.
+Collocations 5
adjective + oasis
greendeserttinypeacefulrare
- A tiny green oasis appeared in the Thar.
oasis + of
calmpeacegreenerysilencequiet
- The garden is an oasis of quiet in Delhi.
verb + oasis
findreachstumble uponcreatespot
- The travellers reached the oasis by dusk.
oasis + noun
townwaterpalmsettlement
- Date palms grow around the oasis settlement.
oasis + of + noun
of shadeof coolnessof hope
- The temple courtyard was an oasis of shade in the afternoon heat.
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- After days in the sand, the oasis looked like a miracle.
रेत में कई दिन बिताने के बाद मरुद्यान किसी चमत्कार जैसा लगा।
- Radhika called her grandmother's courtyard an oasis of calm.
राधिका ने अपनी दादी के आँगन को शांति का मरुद्यान कहा।
- Camels drink at the oasis before crossing the dunes.
ऊँट रेतीले टीले पार करने से पहले मरुद्यान में पानी पीते हैं।
- The small cafe is an oasis for tired travellers.
छोटा कैफ़े थके हुए यात्रियों के लिए राहत का स्थान है।
- Siwa is a famous oasis in the Egyptian desert.
सीवा मिस्र के रेगिस्तान में एक प्रसिद्ध मरुद्यान है।
- The village lay like an oasis among the dry hills of Rajasthan.
गाँव राजस्थान की सूखी पहाड़ियों के बीच मरुद्यान की तरह बसा था।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The desert has many oasis.
✓ The desert has many oases.
The plural of oasis is oases.
'Oasis' का plural 'oases' है।
✗ They found a oasis near the camp.
✓ They found an oasis near the camp.
Oasis begins with a vowel sound, so the article is an.
'Oasis' स्वर ध्वनि से शुरू होता है, इसलिए article 'an' आएगा।
✗ The park was an oasis in calm.
✓ The park was an oasis of calm.
The fixed phrase is oasis of calm.
स्थिर प्रयोग 'oasis of calm' है।
AaSpelling
o·a·sis
With the plural oases (not 'oasises'), like crisis/crises, thesis/theses, basis/bases.
plural oases ('oasises' गलत है), crisis/crises, thesis/theses, basis/bases की तरह।
§Grammar and usage
/əʊˈeɪsɪs/, stress on the second syllable.
Pronunciation /əʊˈeɪsɪs/, stress दूसरे syllable पर।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A fertile spot in a desert.
'रेगिस्तान में उपजाऊ जगह' के लिए यह शब्द आता है।