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
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》