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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
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基本定义:
词源与起源:
词源分析:源自古英语“bearen”,意为“不孕的”,与古法语“barre”相关,意为“空的”或“无”的。
历史背景:该单词首次记录使用于14世纪,常用于描述无法耕种或不适合生长的土地。
课本:可能出现在*的初中或高中英语教材中;在牛津和美国的教材中,通常在初高中阶段的阅读理解或写作练中出现。
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同义词与反义词:
*. *学方法**:
通过这样的学*与分析,可以更深入地理解与运用“barren”这个单词。
[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。