barren

英['bær(ə)n] 美['bærən]
  • adj. 贫瘠的;不生育的;无益的;沉闷无趣的;空洞的
  • n. 荒地
  • n. (Barren)人名;(西、英)巴伦

词态变化


名词: barrenness;

助记提示


1. 经常泡bar,变成 bar 人,而不孕不育.
2. bare => barren (去e然后双写r加-en).
3. 赤裸的、光秃秃的什么都没有,当然就很贫瘠的、不毛的、荒芜的、不生育的。
4. barren         贫瘠       “拜伦生活在一块贫瘠的山地上”

中文词源


barren 贫瘠的

词源不详,可能同bare, 裸露的,荒凉的。

英文词源


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]

双语例句


1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。

来自柯林斯例句

3. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

4. a waterless barren region
干旱的荒芜地区

来自《权威词典》

5. The place used to be a stretch of barren land.
早先这里是一片不毛之地.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》