单词 | barrenness |
释义 | barrenness (once / 5045 pages) n WORD FAMILY barrenness: barrennesses, barrennesss+/barren: barrener, barrenly, barrenness, barrens USAGE EXAMPLESGeologists aren’t the only scientists who see vitality amid the barrenness of Death Valley. The New Yorker(Nov 06, 2016) Eventually, they move to Arkansas, where Wright broods on “the cultural barrenness of black life”. The Guardian(Oct 03, 2016) The Woman rustles awake, distressed by the barrenness of the reality she encounters. New York Times(Jul 14, 2016) 1n the quality of yielding nothing of value Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper aridity, fruitlessness fecundity, fruitfulness the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth poorness less than adequate unproductivenessthe quality of lacking the power to produce quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone 2n the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children Hyper infertility, sterility the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate |
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