| 单词 | barren |
| 释义 | barren —barrenly, adv. —barrenness, n. /bar"euhn/, adj. 1. not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile: a barren woman. 2. unproductive; unfruitful: barren land. 3. without capacity to interest or attract: a barren period in American architecture. 4. mentally unproductive; dull; stupid. 5. not producing results; fruitless: a barren effort. 6. destitute; bereft; lacking (usually fol. by of): barren of tender feelings. n. 7. Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile. [1200-50; ME bareyn(e), barayn(e) < AF barai(gn)e, OF brahaigne (F bréhaigne (of animals) sterile), akin to Sp breña scrubby, uncultivated ground, Upper It barena land along a lagoon covered by high water; appar < Celtic, cf. Welsh braenar, Ir branar fallow land, but derivational details unclear] Syn. 1. childless, unprolific, infertile. 2. infertile, depleted, waste. See bare1. 5. ineffectual, ineffective. Ant. 1-6. fertile. |
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