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English translation for "barren"

[ 'bærən ] 
adj.
1.不妊的,不会生育的,石女的。
2.(植物)不结子的;不毛的,(土地)荒芜的。 (opp. fertile ).
3.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。
4.空,缺,无 (of). a barren effort 无效的努力。
短语和例子

n.
〔常 pl. 〕不毛之地,荒地,芜原。
n.
-ness
不妊;秕粒;不毛;无趣味。


Related Translations:
pine barren:  〔美南部〕长有松林的沙地。
Example Sentences:
1.Kennicott's house is barren and gloomy .
肯尼科特的住宅又阴暗又寒酸。
2.At best it was a disease-ridden barren country
那无非是个疾病流行的穷国。
3.The place used to be a stretch of barren land ...
早先这里是一片不毛之地。
4.Is this world nothing but a barren lump of coke ?
难道这个世界只是一片荒芜,一堆煤炭?
5.Beyond the lower levels the world was still barren .
在这个世界的低地以外,依然寸草不生。
6.The formerly [once] barren land has been changed into stretches of fertile fields .
昔日的荒地今天成了良田。
7.The range soared above him, immense, clean, and barren .
峰峦在头顶上高插入云,广大无边,岩石光洁,草木不生。
8.They had to encamp on the barren hills outside and wait for help to come .
他们只好在城外荒山上扎营,等待救援。
9.Once again hearn realized how barren the general's tent was .
将军的帐篷太空落落了!侯恩又一次产生了这样的感触。
10.June 6 seems to have been for me an active and not barren day .
6月6日对我来说可说是一个极其活跃,未曾虚度的一日。
Similar Words:
"barrelwinding" English translation, "barrelwood" English translation, "barreme" English translation, "barremian" English translation, "barremian stage" English translation, "barren and waste land" English translation, "barren area" English translation, "barren aureole of alteration" English translation, "barren bed" English translation, "barren coalmeasures" English translation