单词
barren
读音
ˈbærən
美式
英式
词根
“Barren”来源于老法语的 "barener",直接对应的中文衍生词不多。
释义
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 [ 复数 barrens 比较级 more barren 最高级 most barren ]
例句
The land was barren and infertile.
这片土地荒芜而贫瘠。
He wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
他想用该水来灌溉贫瘠的沙漠土地。
That's probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I've ever seen.
那可能是我见过的最光秃、最荒凉、最贫瘠和最不适合居住的岛屿。
The land was barren and infertile.
这片土地荒芜而贫瘠。
He wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
他想用该水来灌溉贫瘠的沙漠土地。
That's probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I've ever seen.
那可能是我见过的最光秃、最荒凉、最贫瘠和最不适合居住的岛屿。
强化记忆
你可以将“barren”和“bar+ren”联想，像是酒吧（bar）里的任何人（ren），酒吧通常是个繁华的地方，这样就形成了对“贫瘠，无产出”的反义记忆法。此单词最早出现在14世纪的英语中，源自古法语“baraigne”或“baraigna”,原意为“不育的，无结果的”。在文化背景中，"barren" 常用来描绘贫瘠的土地或者没有创新和活力的情况。
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Oh, they wanted her bland.And barren.Unspirited, un-African, uncultured,
The once beautiful city has fallen to pieces,the countryside barren,the farms abandoned.
They refused to let him pass until he answered their question:why was the tree barren?Again, the youth responded, “I will answer when I return."
Not having resources, not having looks, not having financescan often be the barren soilfrom which the most productive seeds are painstakingly plowed and harvested.
all the qualities o’ th’ isle/ The fresh springs,brine pits, barren place and fertile./Cursed be I that did so!”
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