barren

• adj. 贫瘠的；不生育的；无益的；沉闷无趣的；空洞的
• n. 荒地
• n. (Barren)人名；(西、英)巴伦

词源不详，可能同bare, 裸露的，荒凉的。

barren (adj.)

c. 1200, from Old French baraigne, baraing "sterile, barren" (12c.), perhaps originally brahain, of obscure derivation, perhaps from a Germanic language. In England, originally used of women, of land in France. Of land in English from late 14c. As a noun, mid-13c., "a barren woman;" later of land.

BARRENS. Elevated lands, or plains upon which grow small trees, but never timber. [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848]

1. He prayed that his barren wife would one day have a child.

他祈祷自己不孕的妻子有朝一日能怀上宝宝。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.

他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration.

房间非常简朴，几乎没有任何家具和装饰。

来自柯林斯例句

4. a waterless barren region

干旱的荒芜地区

来自《权威词典》

5. The place used to be a stretch of barren land.

早先这里是一片不毛之地.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》