barren的意思

基本释义

• adj 贫瘠的；不生育的；无益的；沉闷无趣的；空洞的

  land or soil that is barren has no plants growing on it

• n 荒地

例句

1. Thousands of years ago the surface was barren desert.

   很久很久以前，地面还是一片荒漠。

2. The barren land could produce little food.

   那贫瘠的土地几乎不长庄稼。

3. The barren trees are cut down by the old man.

   老人砍了那些不结果的树。

4. She is a barren woman.

   她是个不能生育的妇女。

5. It was useless to continue such a barren argument.

   继续这种毫无结果的争论是无用的。

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

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英英释义

barren的翻译 noun 1. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation e.g. the barrens of central Africa the trackless wastes of the desert Synonym: wastewasteland adj 1. completely wanting or lacking e.g. writing barren of insight young recruits destitute of experience innocent of literary merit the sentence was devoid of meaning Synonym: destitute, devoid, free, innocent 2. not bearing offspring e.g. a barren woman learned early in his marriage that he was sterile 3. providing no shelter or sustenance e.g. bare rocky hills barren lands the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes the desolate surface of the moon a stark landscape Synonym: barebleakdesolatestark

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