搜尋結果
barren
- IPA[ˈberən]
美式
- (of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation;(of a tree or plant) not producing fruit or seed
- a barren tract or tracts of land
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. (of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation the plains of Kyrenia were barren the barren, burnt-up countryside 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a tree or plant) not producing fruit or seed the barren fig tree
- ▪ showing no results or achievements; unproductive much of philosophy has been barren
- ▪ archaic (of a woman) unable to have children. 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a female animal) not pregnant or unable to become so.
- 2. (of a place or building) bleak and lifeless the sports hall turned out to be a rather barren concrete building
- ▪ empty of meaning or value those young heads were stuffed with barren facts 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ devoid of the room was barren of furniture
名詞
- 1. North American a barren tract or tracts of land crossing the barrens was no easy feat