barren

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈbæɹən/|/ˈbaɹən/    美 /ˈbæɹən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
    — Sol squinted out over the barrens to where the mountains shimmered in the heat haze.
  2. In particular, a usually elevated and flat expanse of land that only supports the growth of small trees and shrubs, and sometimes mosses or heathers, berries, and other marshy or moory vegetation, but little agriculture and few people. plural-normally
    — The pine barrens are a site lonely enough to suit any hermit.
形容词 adj.
  1. Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile. not-comparable
    — I silently wept as my daughter's husband rejected her. What would she do now that she was no longer a maiden but also barren?
  2. Not bearing seed or fruit. not-comparable
  3. Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
    — barren mountain tracts
  4. Devoid, lacking. with-of
    — August 28, 1731, Jonathan Swift, letter to John Gay But schemes are perfectly accidental. Some will appear barren of hints and matter, but prove to be fruitful.
  5. Devoid of interest or attraction, poor, bleak.
    — As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.
  6. Unproductive, fruitless, unprofitable; empty, hollow, vain.
    — brilliant but barren reveries
  7. Mentally dull or unproductive; stupid or intellectually fallow.
    — Set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too.

词形变化

barrener comparative more barren comparative barrenest superlative most barren superlative barrens plural

词汇关系

近义词
sterile fruitless
反义词
fertile fruitful
衍生词
barren-ground caribou barrenly barrenness barren strawberry barrenwort nonbarren overbarren semibarren unbarren urchin barren

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bareyne, from Anglo-Norman baraigne, baraing (“sterile; barren”), of obscure origin; probably from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *baʀ (“bare; barren”), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare”). If so, a doublet of bare.
词源 2
From Middle English bareyne, from Anglo-Norman baraigne, baraing (“sterile; barren”), of obscure origin; probably from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *baʀ (“bare; barren”), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare”). If so, a doublet of bare.
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