| 单词 | barren |
| 释义 | barren (once / 396 pages) 1adjn 2adj 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. 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. WORD FAMILYbarren: barrener, barrenly, barrenness, barrens+/barrenness: barrennesses, barrennesss USAGE EXAMPLES“They just sat there in silence, gazing at the barren canyon walls,” Mr. Lattin wrote in “The Harvard Psychedelic Club.” New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) “It is because of those wars that we live like this on this barren land,” he said. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Lioness teaches the neighbor’s children to transmute armfuls of barren soil into flowers. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1adj completely wanting or lacking writing barren of insight Syn destitute, devoid, free, innocent nonexistent not having existence or being or actuality 2adj providing no shelter or sustenance barren lands Syn bare, bleak, desolate, stark inhospitable unfavorable to life or growth 3n an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation 2the barrens of central Africa Syn|Hypo|Hyper waste, wasteland heath, heathland a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation wild, wilderness a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition adj not bearing offspring a barren woman Syn infertile, sterile, unfertile incapable of reproducing |
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