时间: 2025-04-26 20:07:14
美: ['bærən]
英: ['bær(ə)n]
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
最后更新时间:2025-04-26 20:07:14
词源分析:该词源自古英语“bearen”或“barren”,其词根与“bear”(生育、承载)有关,表示无法生育或承载的含义。
历史背景:该词最早出现在12世纪的文学作品中,通常用于描述贫瘠的土地或无法生育的情况。
课本:该单词可能出现在中学英语教材及文学经典中。对于**学生,特别是初中和高中阶段的教材,如《牛津英语》或《美国高中英语》也可能涉及此词。
正式与非正式语境:
特殊场合:在法律文书中,可能用来形容不具备经济能力的状态。例如:“The defendant's barren financial situation limited his ability to pay damages.”(被告的经济状况贫瘠,限制了他赔偿的能力。)
The barren desert stretched for miles with no signs of life.
(贫瘠的沙漠延伸数英里,毫无生机。)
After years of drought, the once fertile valley became barren.
(经过多年的干旱,曾经肥沃的山谷变得贫瘠。)
She felt her creativity was barren after weeks of writer's block.
(经过几周的写作障碍,她感到自己的创造力枯竭。)
The barren landscape was a stark contrast to the lush forest nearby.
(贫瘠的景观与附近郁郁葱葱的森林形成鲜明对比。)
Many barren trees stood against the winter sky, their branches bare.
(许多光秃秃的树木矗立在冬日的天空下,树枝光秃。)
*. The barren woman longed for a child, feeling incomplete without one.
(这个不孕的女人渴望一个孩子,感到没有孩子就不完整。)
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通过上述方式,学*者可以更全面地理解和运用“barren”这一单词。
[ADJ] A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees. 荒芜的
例:...the Tibetan landscape of high barren mountains.…西藏荒芜的高山景观。
[ADJ] Barren land consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it. 贫瘠的
例: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。
[[oft ADJ 'of' n]] 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
例:...an empty exercise barren of utility.…一项毫无效用的无聊训练。
[[oft ADJ 'of' n]] 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
例: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。