barren
贫瘠的
常用释义
英音[ ˈbærən ]
美音[ ˈbærən ]
变形
复数:
barrens
比较级:
more barren
最高级:
most barren
基本释义
- adj. 贫瘠的,不毛的;不结果实的;<旧>不育的;不出成绩的,无效果的;沉闷无趣的,没有吸引力的
- n. 瘠地
- 【名】 (Barren)(英、西)巴伦(人名)
考试频率
六级
考频:近五年出现2次
- adj. 贫瘠的; 荒芜的
例句
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1·The land was barren and infertile.这片土地荒芜而贫瘠。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·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。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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3·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。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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4·Today it's pretty desolate, barren and extremely hot.现今那里非常荒凉、土地贫瘠,而且极其炎热。
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5·First to colonize the barren land are the lowly lichens, surviving on bare rock.贫瘠的土地上首先长满了地衣这种低等植物,它们在裸露的岩石上生存。
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6·The formerly [once] barren land has been changed into stretches of fertile fields.昔日的荒地今天成了良田。来源: 《新英汉大辞典》
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7·This means that they should have totally wiped each other out, leaving the universe completely barren.这意味着它们应该完全相互毁灭,让宇宙完全荒芜。
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8·Then, as blazing sunshine alternated with drenching rains, the harsh, barren surfaces of the black rocks slowly began to soften.然后,随着炽热的阳光和滂沱的大雨交替出现,黑色岩石粗糙而贫瘠的表面开始慢慢软化。
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9·But only those few spores that settle down in very favorable locations can start a new life; the vast majority fall on barren ground.但只有那些降落在非常有利位置的孢子才能开始新的生活;绝大多数的孢子降落在贫瘠的土地上。
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10·When plants first made the transition ashore more than 400 million years ago, the land was barren and desolate, inhospitable to life.4亿多年前,植物第一次向海岸上迁移时,陆地上荒凉而贫瘠,并非生命宜居之地。
网络释义
- 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
同义词
adj.
贫瘠的;不生育的;无益的;沉闷无趣的;空洞的
同根词
词根:
barren
barrenness
n
不孕症;不育症;荒芜
词语辨析
deserted/barren/wild.导航词义:空寂的,荒芜的
deserted:adj. 无人居住的.指某处空寂无人的。
That old building now stands completely deserted.
那栋旧楼现在空无一人了。
The streets are deserted at night.
夜里街上寂静无人。
barren:adj. 贫瘠的,荒芜的.指土地或土壤不肥沃、不长草木的。
No crops can be grown on this barren land.
这片贫瘠的土地无法种植庄稼。
Only a barren hillside can be seen from the top of this building.
从这栋房子的屋顶只能看到一个光秃秃的山坡。
wild:adj. 荒凉的,未开垦的.指土地未被人类开发利用过的。
The villagers sold a wild stretch of land.
村民们卖出了一大片荒地。
The wild landscape attracts thousands of tourists.
这片原始风景吸引了数千名游客。