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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   barren

   • IPA[ˈberən]

   美式

   • adj.
     (of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation；(of a tree or plant) not producing fruit or seed
   • n.
     a barren tract or tracts of land
2. • 釋義

   adj.

   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 unproductive, infertile, unfruitful, sterile, arid, ... 更多desert, waste, desolate, uncultivatable, impoverished反義詞 fertile, productive
   • ▪ (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 infertile, sterile, childless, technicalinfecund反義詞 fertile
   • ▪ (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 pointless, futile, worthless, profitless, valueless, ... 更多unrewarding, purposeless, useless, vain, aimless, uninteresting, boring, dull, drab, dry, arid, flat, lifeless, uninspiring, unstimulating, stale, prosaic, hollow, empty, vacuous, vapid反義詞 stimulating, fruitful
   • ▪ devoid of the room was barren of furniture

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. North American a barren tract or tracts of land crossing the barrens was no easy feat