英 [ˈbærən] 美 [ˈbærən]
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）
复数barrens
比较级more barren
最高级most barren
barren /ˈbærən/ CET6 TEM4
形容词 A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees. 荒芜的
...the Tibetan landscape of high barren mountains.
…西藏荒芜的高山景观。
形容词 Barren land consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it. 贫瘠的
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。
形容词 If you describe something such as an activity or a period of your life as barren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results. 无成就的; 不成功的
...an empty exercise barren of utility.
…一项毫无效用的无聊训练。
形容词 If you describe a room or a place as barren, you do not like it because it has almost no furniture or other objects in it. 空荡荡的
The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration.
这个房间很简朴，几乎没有什么家具或装饰。
not bearing offspring
a barren woman
incapable of sustaining life
the dead and barren Moon
不妊的
不育的
不孕的
不毛的
贫瘠的
The study considered land with little economic value – barren（贫瘠的） , rocky, non-farmable areas near electrical grids – and concluded it has the potential to produce 90 gigawatts.
... banquet 宴会，宴席 v. 设宴款待，宴请；赴宴，参加宴会 barren 贫瘠的,荒芜的; 不育的，不结果实的；沉闷无趣的，无吸引力的；无益的，无效果的；没有的，缺乏的 bear承受，承担；忍受；经得起；带有，具有；生；结，长出 ...
如果没有你日博365，城市的繁华将瞬间消失，即使街灯依次点亮，我依然会感觉脚下是荒芜(Barren)的沙丘。当雪轻轻飘起，想起我的唇曾经被你的唇曾轻轻覆盖，你的吻让我释放最初的温文。
... barbecue n.烤肉;（吃烤烧食品的）野餐会 barren adj.不生育的,不孕的;贫瘠的,没有结果的,无益的; 单调的,空洞的 (pl)(对自身或事情的)了解；方向,方位 ...
barrenness 不孕症；不育症；荒芜
贫瘠的；不生育的；无益的；沉闷无趣的；空洞的
荒地
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。
"Waziristan is full of narrow valleys and barren mountains and it's a God-given country for any guerilla to fight in,".
VOA : standard.2009.06.18
Land being the cultivated manicured place that provides, whatever, the harvest, things like that while wilderness was some place that was barren, it does not produce fruit.
土地被人们开垦，培育,为人们提供丰收的果实,荒野却是贫瘠的，不会产生果实。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
His people are troubled by disaster, plagues, famines, the men die, the women are barren.
他的人民遭受灾难,瘟疫,饥荒,男人性命不保,女人无法生育
古希腊历史简介课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Now,small trees dot the once barren schoolyard of a village elementary school, along with special trash cans for biodegradable waste.
VOA : standard.2010.04.01
In bad times, the desert turns into a barren wasteland, challenging the survival skills of even the hardiest of people and their animals.
VOA : standard.2009.10.06
The Anti Atlas around Tafraoute has rugged, barren rocks and lush green valleys aplenty.
Spewing volcanoes and forbidding lava fields make for a land of beautiful, barren expanses and infinite adventure.
Birmingham's once-barren Gas Street Basin has already been transformed into a swanky new development.