barren
英 [ˈbærən] 美 [ˈbærən]

adj.

贫瘠的；不结果实的；不孕的；无价值的

n.

荒原，不毛之地；

变形

复数：barrens

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 贫瘠的 (of soil) too poor to produce a good crop
2. 不孕的,不能生育的; 不结果的 not able to produce children or young; producing no fruit or seed
3. 无用的,空洞的; 无结果的 useless; empty; producing no result

英英释义

barren[ 'bærən ]

• n.an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

  "the barrens of central Africa"

  同义词：wastewasteland

• adj.
  • providing no shelter or sustenance

    "barren lands"

    同义词：barebleakdesolatestark

  • completely wanting or lacking

    "writing barren of insight"

    同义词：destitutedevoidinnocent

  • not bearing offspring

    "a barren woman"

  • incapable of sustaining life

    "the dead and barren Moon"

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• barren argument无结果的争论
• barren cow不生小牛的母牛
• barren desert荒漠
• barren discussion毫无结果的讨论
• barren fruit tree不结果的果树
• barren land不毛之地
• barren play缺乏刺激的剧本
• barren region贫瘠的地区
• barren struggle徒劳无益的斗争
• barren topic没有价值的题目
• barren trees不结果的树
• barren wasteland贫瘠的荒地

～+介词

• animals barren of intelligence毫无智力的动物
• attempt barren of results毫无结果的尝试
• life barren of pleasure毫无乐趣的生活

词组短语

barren land荒地；不毛之地

barren field贫瘠的荒野；无油气地区

barren rock无油气的岩层；空白岩石；无矿岩；废石

同近义词辨析

barren, naked, bald, bare

这组词都有“裸露的”的意思，其区别是：

barren着重缺少肥力或生活能力，无草无木，荒瘠不毛。

naked指全身一丝不挂，暴露无遗。

bald指头上无发，山坡无树无草，树顶无叶。

bare指缺少必要的遮盖物。用于人时，多指身体的部分裸露。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. No one could raise crops on this barren land.
   没人能够在这么贫瘠的土地上种庄稼。
2. Life is a barren field frozen with snow.
   生命就像是被雪覆盖的荒芜土地。
3. We shall turn this piece of barren land into wheat fields.
   我们要把这块不毛之地变为麦田。
4. He was engaged in a barren argument with Paul.
   他在同保罗作无用的争论。
5. Barren women are rejected by the tribesmen.
   不孕的妇女被部落的男人遗弃。

权威例句

The role of barren stalk1 in the architecture of maize.
Fire and human history of a barren-forest mosaic in southern Indiana
Energy expenditures for locomotion by barren-ground caribou
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Hierarchical habitat selection by barren-ground grizzly bears in the central Canadian Arctic
Functional Response of Wolves Preying on Barren-Ground Caribou in a Multiple-Prey Ecosystem
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Condensins, chromosome condensation protein complexes containing XCAP-C, XCAP-E and a Xenopus homolog of the Drosophila Barren protein