barren
英 ['bær(ə)n]
美 ['bærən]
- adj. 貧瘠的；不生育的；無益的；沉悶無趣的；空洞的
- n. 荒地
- n. (Barren)人名；(西、英)巴倫
助記提示
1. 經常泡bar，變成 bar 人，而不孕不育.
2. bare => barren (去e然後雙寫r加-en).
3. 赤裸的、光禿禿的什麽都沒有，當然就很貧瘠的、不毛的、荒蕪的、不生育的。
4. barren 貧瘠 “拜倫生活在一塊貧瘠的山地上”
中文詞源
barren 貧瘠的詞源不詳，可能同bare, 裸露的，荒涼的。
英文詞源
- 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]
雙語例句
- 1. He prayed that his barren wife would one day have a child.
- 他祈禱自己不孕的妻子有朝一日能懷上寶寶。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
- 他也想用這些水灌溉荒漠。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration.
- 房間非常簡樸，幾乎沒有任何家具和裝飾。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. a waterless barren region
- 幹旱的荒蕪地區
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The place used to be a stretch of barren land.
- 早先這裏是一片不毛之地.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》