【barren】 - A-level备考词汇

barren

UK:  ['bærən]

US:  ['berən]

复数：barrens  

adj.

1.贫瘠,荒芜,荒疏,荒无人烟的

2.(植物)不结子的;不毛的,(土地)荒芜的

3.不妊的,不会生育的,石女的

4.无益的,无效的,(计划)无结果的;(思想等)贫乏的,无趣味的,无聊的

5.草木不生,寸草木生,荒瘠不毛的

6.空洞的,缺乏分析

7.光秃秃的;土质干燥

8.空落落,空荡荡的

9.虚度的;徒然的

10.穷,寒酸

n.

1.不毛之地,荒地,芜原

2.废石

1 . Panning across the dry, barren land it is hard to believe that this vast area used to be full of life.
遭受旱灾威胁的贫瘠土地，实在很难让人相信、它过去充满生机的模样。

2 . "When the sun goes away and the summer ends, we're all going to wake up and see things are as barren as ever, " he said.
他表示：“当阳光不在，夏季过去，我们都将清醒过来，看到一切荒芜依旧。”

3 . This piece, which is called "Flipped Earth" -- she was interested in taking the sky and using it to cleanse barren ground.
这个作品，名为“翻转的地球”--她对拍摄天空有兴趣，用天空来装饰贫瘠的土地。

4 . And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive.
依撒格因为自己的妻子不生育，便为她恳求上主；上主俯允了他的祈求，他的妻子黎贝加遂怀了孕。

5 . It was a flowering out of feelings which had been withering in dry and almost barren soil for many years.
这是多年在干旱贫瘠的土壤中不断枯萎的情感，又发出了新芽，开出新花。