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Barren Adj Graded Landscape Plants 例:...The 例:He Describe Adj

单词 barren
音标
英[ˈbærən] 美[ˈbærən]
解释
adj.贫瘠的;不结果实的;不孕的;无价值的;n.荒原,不毛之地;
例句

ADJ-GRADED
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.
例:...the country's landscape of high barren mountains.该国草木稀少的高山地貌

ADJ-GRADED
贫瘠的
Barren land consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it.
例:He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。

ADJ-GRADED
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.
例:...politics that are banal and barren of purpose.陈腐盲目的政见
例:...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

ADJ
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.
例: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。
例: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。

ADJ
不育的;不孕的
A barren woman or female animal is unable to have babies.
例: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。
例:...a three-year-old barren mare.一匹不孕的3岁母马
变形
noun:barrenness~pl:barrens~

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