barren
gb/bˈɛɹən/ us/bˈɛɹən/
B1
انگلیسی
~ 4800
معنیها
۰ معنی
adjective
B1
property
1
Unable to produce vegetation
Not able to grow plants or crops.
الگوی کاربرد:
[land/soil/area] is barren
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes confuse 'barren' with 'bare'. 'Bare' means without covering, while 'barren' means unable to produce life or growth.
هممعنیها
infertile (More technical and often used in scientific or agricultural contexts.)
متضادها
fertile (Describes land capable of producing abundant vegetation.)
ترکیبهای رایج
barren land
|barren soil
|barren desert
|barren landscape
موضوعها
nature
|agriculture
|environment
نمونهها
- The barren desert stretched for miles without a single tree.
- Years of over-farming left the once-rich fields barren.
- We drove through a barren landscape of rocks and dust.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- The land is barren and dry.
- This soil is barren and cannot grow food.
- We saw a barren desert on our trip.
adjective
B2
property
2
Unable to conceive children
Not able to have children or babies.
الگوی کاربرد:
[someone] is barren
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes confuse 'barren' with 'bare'. In this sense, 'barren' refers specifically to reproduction, not lack of covering.
هممعنیها
sterile (More clinical or medical in tone.)
متضادها
fertile (Able to conceive and have children.)
ترکیبهای رایج
barren woman
|born barren
موضوعها
health
|family
|animals
نمونهها
- She felt deep sadness after learning she was barren.
- In the past, being barren often carried social stigma.
- The mare was found to be barren after several attempts to breed her.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- The woman is barren and cannot have children.
- She learned she was barren after visiting the doctor.
- The mare is barren and will not have foals.
adjective
B2
property
3
Empty of value or interest
Not having anything useful or interesting.
الگوی کاربرد:
[period/effort/discussion] is barren
اشتباه رایج:
Learners may overuse this sense for any kind of emptiness; it usually refers to lack of results, ideas, or productivity.
هممعنیها
unproductive (Emphasizes lack of results rather than emptiness.)
متضادها
fruitful (Producing good or useful results.)
ترکیبهای رایج
barren effort
|barren discussion
|barren years
موضوعها
emotions
|work
|core_vocabulary
نمونهها
- It was a barren meeting with no new ideas.
- The artist went through a barren period in his career.
- Our search for clues proved completely barren.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- The talk was barren and gave no ideas.
- He had a barren time with no work.
- The search was barren and found nothing.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
barren
IPA
GB/bˈɛɹən/
US/bˈɛɹən/
هجاها و تکیه
bar - ren (۲ هجا)
Stress on 1st syllable (bar)
صورتهای واژه
Adjective
- Base: barren
خانوادهٔ واژه
Core family
barrenness
noun
Related words
infertile
adjective
infertility
noun
Negative and opposite forms
fertile
adjective B1
Advanced or less common
barrenly
adverb
عبارتها
barren of
1/bˈɛɹən əv/
fixed phrase
Completely lacking something
Having none of a particular thing.
نمونهها
- The report was barren of new information.
- His speech was barren of emotion.