phrasemainly UK an area of ground in or near a city that is not built on or used in any way: (城市里或市郊的)荒地 His body had been dumped in an area of waste ground just outside the city.他的尸体被胡乱地抛在了城外的一片荒地里。 The kids were playing on a patch of waste ground. They build a beautiful garden on what had previously been waste ground. Workers played football at lunch time on a piece of waste ground behind the factory. We crossed a stretch of waste ground on the outskirts of the town. See also