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barren adj.贫瘠的；无效的；不育的n.荒地 (1) 没人能够在这么贫瘠的土地上种庄稼。(2) 生命就像是被雪覆盖的荒芜土地。(3) 我们要把这块不毛之地变为麦田。(4) 他在同保罗作无用的争论。(5) 不孕的妇女被部落的男人遗弃。 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.

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英 ['bærən] 美 ['bærən] (1) No one could raise crops on this barren land.(2) Life is a barren field frozen with snow.(3) We shall turn this piece of barren land into wheat fields.(4) He was engaged in a barren argument with Paul.(5) Barren women are rejected by the tribesmen. 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. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]荒芜的；缺少植被的；不毛的 A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees. ...the country's landscape of high barren mountains.该国草木稀少的高山地貌2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]贫瘠的 Barren land consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it. He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。3[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无用的；无益的；无效果的 If you describe something such as an activity or a period of your life as barren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results.   [oft ADJ of n]  [WRITTEN 笔语]...politics that are banal and barren of purpose.陈腐盲目的政见...the player, who ended a 14-month barren spell by winning the Tokyo event in October...这名选手赢得了10月的东京赛事，终结了长达14个月不胜的魔咒As the leaves of autumn wither and fall, so has my own life become barren.我的生命就如秋叶般枯萎凋零。barrenness...a film that would force audiences to confront the barrenness of contemporary life.一部会迫使观众直面当前空虚生活的电影4[ADJ 形容词]空的；没有东西的 If you describe a room or a place as barren, you do not like it because it has almost no furniture or other objects in it.   [oft ADJ of n]  [disapproval]  [WRITTEN 笔语]The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration...房间非常简朴，几乎没有任何家具和装饰。Six stale loaves of brown bread formed a dark blot on the otherwise barren shelves.6条变质的黑面包在原本空荡荡的架子上堆出了一个黑点儿。5[ADJ 形容词]不育的；不孕的 A barren woman or female animal is unable to have babies.   [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]He prayed that his barren wife would one day have a child.他祈祷自己不孕的妻子有朝一日能怀上宝宝。...a three-year-old barren mare.一匹不孕的3岁母马barrenness...a ceremony designed to cure women of barrenness.为治愈妇女不孕举行的仪式

英语单词	barren
英美音标	英 ['bærən] 美 ['bærən]
中文释义	adj.贫瘠的；无效的；不育的 n.荒地
英语例句	(1) No one could raise crops on this barren land. (2) Life is a barren field frozen with snow. (3) We shall turn this piece of barren land into wheat fields. (4) He was engaged in a barren argument with Paul. (5) Barren women are rejected by the tribesmen.
中文例句	(1) 没人能够在这么贫瘠的土地上种庄稼。 (2) 生命就像是被雪覆盖的荒芜土地。 (3) 我们要把这块不毛之地变为麦田。 (4) 他在同保罗作无用的争论。 (5) 不孕的妇女被部落的男人遗弃。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]荒芜的；缺少植被的；不毛的 A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees. ...the country's landscape of high barren mountains. 该国草木稀少的高山地貌 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]贫瘠的 Barren land consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it. He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land. 他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。 3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无用的；无益的；无效果的 If you describe something such as an activity or a period of your life as barren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results. [oft ADJ of n] [WRITTEN 笔语] ...politics that are banal and barren of purpose. 陈腐盲目的政见 ...the player, who ended a 14-month barren spell by winning the Tokyo event in October... 这名选手赢得了10月的东京赛事，终结了长达14个月不胜的魔咒 As the leaves of autumn wither and fall, so has my own life become barren. 我的生命就如秋叶般枯萎凋零。 barrenness ...a film that would force audiences to confront the barrenness of contemporary life. 一部会迫使观众直面当前空虚生活的电影 4 [ADJ 形容词]空的；没有东西的 If you describe a room or a place as barren, you do not like it because it has almost no furniture or other objects in it. [oft ADJ of n] [disapproval] [WRITTEN 笔语] The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration... 房间非常简朴，几乎没有任何家具和装饰。 Six stale loaves of brown bread formed a dark blot on the otherwise barren shelves. 6条变质的黑面包在原本空荡荡的架子上堆出了一个黑点儿。 5 [ADJ 形容词]不育的；不孕的 A barren woman or female animal is unable to have babies. [OLD-FASHIONED 过时] He prayed that his barren wife would one day have a child. 他祈祷自己不孕的妻子有朝一日能怀上宝宝。 ...a three-year-old barren mare. 一匹不孕的3岁母马 barrenness ...a ceremony designed to cure women of barrenness. 为治愈妇女不孕举行的仪式

Barren Life Land Describe Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Women Dry