Noun:
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;the barrens of central Africa
the trackless wastes of the desert
Adjective:
providing no shelter or sustenance;bare rocky hills
barren lands
the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
the desolate surface of the moon
a stark landscape
not bearing offspring;a barren woman
learned early in his marriage that he was sterile
completely wanting or lacking;writing barren of insight
young recruits destitute of experience
innocent of literary merit
the sentence was devoid of meaning
bare，naked，bald，barren这些形容词都含“裸露的”之意。
bare指缺少必要的遮盖物。用于人时，多指身体的部分裸露。
naked指全身一丝不挂，暴露无遗。
bald指头上无发，山坡无树无草，树顶无叶。
barren着重缺少肥力或生活能力，无草无木，荒瘠不毛。
直接源自中古英语的barain，意为已用过的土地。
用作形容词 adj.
～+名词barren argument无结果的争论barren cow不生小牛的母牛barren desert荒漠barren discussion毫无结果的讨论barren fruit tree不结果的果树barren land不毛之地barren play缺乏刺激的剧本barren region贫瘠的地区barren struggle徒劳无益的斗争barren topic没有价值的题目barren trees不结果的树barren wasteland贫瘠的荒地～+介词animals barren of intelligence毫无智力的动物attempt barren of results毫无结果的尝试life barren of pleasure毫无乐趣的生活
近义词 dryfruitlessunfruitfulunproductive反义词 richusefulfruitfulproductive
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.The barren land could produce little food.那贫瘠的土地几乎不长庄稼。
The barren trees are cut down by the old man.老人砍了那些不结果的树。
She is a barren woman.她是个不能生育的妇女。
It was useless to continue such a barren argument.继续这种毫无结果的争论是无用的。n. +～This is a story barren of interest.这是一个索然无味的故事。
用作表语
S+be+～That part of the world is cold and barren.世界上那个地区既寒冷又贫瘠。S+be+～+ prep .-phraseThe hill is barren of trees.这座山不长树。
He is barren of intelligence.他缺乏智慧。
adj.形容词
barren的基本意思是指土地“贫瘠的,荒芜的”,引申可指树或植物“不结果的”“不结籽的”或指女性或雌性动物本身“不孕的”或被认为“不孕的”。还可表示“无用的,空洞的,无结果的”,可指缺乏收益或回报。
barren后常接介词of。
barren不用于比较等级。
形容词99%,名词1%
We shall turn this piece of barren land into wheat fields.我们要把这块不毛之地变为麦田。
Barren women are rejected by the tribesmen.不孕的妇女被部落的男人遗弃。