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Barren Land Life Bærən Produce Food 这块贫瘠的土地只能生产些微的食物 重点词汇

Front barren
Pron ['bærən]
Back 【BARREN】
The barren land could produce little food.
这块贫瘠的土地只能生产些微的食物。
【重点词汇】
barren adj. 贫瘠的 同: sterile
Vocab
barrencompletely wanting or lacking

Drive through a forest that's just been destroyed by a fire, and you'll get an idea of what barren means — stripped of vegetation and devoid of life.

Not to be confused with a baron, a kind of nobleman, barren is often used to describe an area of land that lacks any signs of life. A barren wilderness is dry and empty, with no foliage or twittering birds to be found. An old-fashioned and unflattering word for a woman who is unable to have children is barren.

All forms of 'barren' will appear on average once every 395 pages.
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barrenness

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