英:['bærənnəs]
美:['bærənnəs]
英:['bærənnəs]
美:['bærənnəs]
词根:barren
adj.barren 贫瘠的;不生育的;无益的;沉闷无趣的;空洞的
n.barren 荒地
adjective
not reproducing: such as
incapable of producing offspring—used especially of females or matings
barren women
not yet or not recently pregnant
of plants habitually failing to fruit
barren apple trees
not productive: such as
producing little or no vegetation : desolate
barren deserts
producing inferior crops
barren soil
unproductive of results or gain : fruitless
a barren scheme
devoid, lacking—used with of
barren of excitement
lacking interest or charm
a barren routine
lacking inspiration or ideas
a barren mind
noun
barrens plural, geography an extent of usually level land having an inferior growth of trees or little vegetation
a tract of barren land
14世纪晚期,“(女性的)不能生育”; “(土地的)不肥沃,不结果实”; 早期在比喻意义上(“精神空虚”,14世纪中期); 来自 barren + -ness。
Adjective Middle English bareine, from Anglo-French barain, perhaps of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Welsh brynar fallow land Noun noun derivative of barren >entry 1
The first known use of barren was in the 13th century
barricade1 of 2verb
to block off with a barricade
barricade2 of 2noun
a barrier usually made in a hurry for protection against attack or for blocking the way
barricade1 of 2verb
to block off with a barricade
barricade2 of 2noun
a barrier usually made in a hurry for protection against attack or for blocking the way
barricade1 of 2verb
to block off with a barricade
barricade2 of 2noun
a barrier usually made in a hurry for protection against attack or for blocking the way
barrettenoun
a clip or bar for holding a girl's or woman's hair in place
barren1 of 2adjective
not able to produce offspring—used especially of females
usually failing to fruit
barren apple trees
producing inferior or little to no vegetation
barren soils
not producing results or gain
a barren plan
barren2 of 2noun
a tract of barren land
barren1 of 2adjective
not able to produce offspring—used especially of females
usually failing to fruit
barren apple trees
producing inferior or little to no vegetation
barren soils
not producing results or gain
a barren plan
barren2 of 2noun
a tract of barren land
1 Great fecundity had been promised to the race; but instead of that there had been a remarkable and perplexing barrenness, so that after two centuries one tent could contain the whole male population.
2 The couple adopted a child at the end of the third year of barrenness.
到了三年底还未孕,这对夫妇就领养了个小孩.
3 Mycoplasma infection is associated with tubal pregnancy and barrenness, and also can result in varied bad pregnancy outcomes.
支原体感染与不孕及输卵管妊娠有关,并可导致多种不良妊娠结局。
4 “It speaks to something deep inside us, and, I think, it is a kind of rebellion against the ugliness and barrenness of modernity.”
5 There were hardly any trees on the property, so it had this sort of barrenness to it, which was in line with the Evelyn Cameron photographs’ look.
6 I wonder if the belief itself will be enough to end the barrenness.
7 As well as being less picturesque, the new city centre is colder: flatter, windier and more exposed, though presumably the new buildings will mitigate that barrenness.
8 And given the barrenness of the landscape, and of the subject matter, that's a lot to ask.
9 “Our own generation has gained new vitality,” wrote Tigerman, “through its desire to find formal meaning in our cultural origins now that the barrenness of Modernism is behind us.”
10 May Aurâmazda protect this country from hostile armies, from barrenness and evil!
11 Given the barrenness of the terrain, he may stand a little taller.”
12 The lures of a celebrity culture and the barrenness of the educational landscape have left little room for broader civic concerns.
名人文化的诱惑和教育领域的荒芜把原本更广泛的对美德的关注挤占得几乎没有位置。
13 The pioneer settled down in the area in spite of the barrenness of the land.
尽管土地荒芜,开拓者们还是在这一带定居下来.
14 The desert is imprisoned the wall of its unbounded barrenness.
沙漠被幽禁于它那无限荒凉的沙墙里.
15 Except for those weird outcrops, barrenness lay in every direction.
16 The desert is imprisoned the wall of its barrenness.
沙漠被囚禁在它自己的无边荒瘠的墙壁里.
17 The notion that barrenness is a female malady is so strong, she says, that many women are obliged to pay for treatment out of their own pockets.
18 Bone-dry, bitterly cold and bathed in cosmic radiation, the surface of Mars may well be dead, with not so much as a single microbe breaking its state of barrenness.
19 Crossing the unending plains of Nevada, we scoffed at its barrenness.
20 There are dormant seasons—periods of infertility—when the chemistry of heaven and earth is needed to overcome this barrenness.
2 白费
lost wasteful unfruitful unprevailing of no effect without effect run to waste down the rathole be down the drain go down the drain go to waste
3 贫瘠
poor lean hungry sterile barren infertile poverty infertility sterilization sterility leanness sterilize impoverish
4 无益
unprofited unnecessary useless idle ineffective pointless vain worthless barren futile fruitless unprofitable ineffectual inoperative purposeless unavailing profitless bootless resultless ungainful uselessly futility vainness all for naught to no end
6 不结实