barren
美[ˈbærən] n.荒原，不毛之地
网络无矿的；贫瘠的；不生育的；荒芜的
1 . He prayed that his barren wife would one day have a child.
他祈祷自己不孕的妻子有朝一日能怀上宝宝。
来自柯林斯例句
2 . He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。
来自柯林斯例句
3 . The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration.
房间非常简朴，几乎没有任何家具和装饰。
来自柯林斯例句
4 . a waterless barren region
干旱的荒芜地区
来自《权威词典》
5 . The place used to be a stretch of barren land.
早先这里是一片不毛之地.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
1.an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;
the barrens of central Africa
2.providing no shelter or sustenance;
bare rocky hills
3.not bearing offspring;
a barren woman
4.incapable of sustaining life;
the dead and barren Moon
词形变化： barrenlybarrenness adj. 贫瘠的，无效的，不育的例子用法 1.Such a barren desert can support very few creatures. 在这样荒瘠的沙漠里，很少生物能够存活。 2.The once barren hillsides are now good farmland. 昔日荒坡，今日良田。 3.He has arrived in the barren upland of central Spain. 他已经到了西班牙中部的贫瘠高地。 4.The barren, inhospitable desert. 那片贫瘠的、荒凉的沙漠 5.Not bearing fruit