单词 | barren |
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音标 | ['bærən] |
解释 | a.不育的;贫瘠的;不结果实的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj.不育的,贫瘠的, 不结果实的(sterile bare) 【记】 bar=bare(光光的)+ ren→一无所有的→不 孕的 |
字源 | barren (adj.) c.1200, from Old French baraigne, baraing "sterile, barren" (12c.), perhaps originally brahain, of obscure derivation, perhaps from a Germanic language. In England, originally used of women, of land in France. Of land in English from late 14c. As a noun, mid-13c., "a barren woman;" later of land. BARRENS. Elevated lands, or plains upon which grow small trees, but never timber. [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848] |
不择手段背单词 | adj. 不育的, 贫瘠的(缺少有益的植被), 不结果实的 = sterile = bare = effete = impotent = infecund 【例】The desert is barren land 沙漠是贫瘠的土地. 【记】1)bar = bare光光的-一无所有的-不毛的2)bar酒吧, ren人. 泡吧的人. 医学上有这种说法, 过度饮酒和抽烟容易导致不孕. 为了我们的下一代, 请您注意身心健康. 【反】prolific(adj 多产的; 大量繁殖的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】bare 音:白,白光光的,无覆盖的,无装饰,a bare hillside 光秃秃的山坡→无树木,不结果的 +en使 |
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