barren
gb/bˈɛɹən/ us/bˈɛɹən/
B1
Anglų
~ 4800
Reikšmės
0 reikšmių
adjective
B1
property
1
Unable to produce vegetation
Not able to grow plants or crops.
Vartosenos šablonas:
[land/soil/area] is barren
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'barren' with 'bare'. 'Bare' means without covering, while 'barren' means unable to produce life or growth.
Sinonimai
infertile (More technical and often used in scientific or agricultural contexts.)
Antonimai
fertile (Describes land capable of producing abundant vegetation.)
Kolokacijos
barren land
|barren soil
|barren desert
|barren landscape
Temos
nature
|agriculture
|environment
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Vartosenos šablonas:
[someone] is barren
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'barren' with 'bare'. In this sense, 'barren' refers specifically to reproduction, not lack of covering.
Sinonimai
sterile (More clinical or medical in tone.)
Antonimai
fertile (Able to conceive and have children.)
Kolokacijos
barren woman
|born barren
Temos
health
|family
|animals
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Vartosenos šablonas:
[period/effort/discussion] is barren
Dažna klaida:
Learners may overuse this sense for any kind of emptiness; it usually refers to lack of results, ideas, or productivity.
Sinonimai
unproductive (Emphasizes lack of results rather than emptiness.)
Antonimai
fruitful (Producing good or useful results.)
Kolokacijos
barren effort
|barren discussion
|barren years
Temos
emotions
|work
|core_vocabulary
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- The talk was barren and gave no ideas.
- He had a barren time with no work.
- The search was barren and found nothing.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
barren
IPA
GB/bˈɛɹən/
US/bˈɛɹən/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
bar - ren (2 skiemenys)
Stress on 1st syllable (bar)
Žodžio formos
Adjective
- Base: barren
Žodžių šeima
Core family
barrenness
noun
Related words
infertile
adjective
infertility
noun
Negative and opposite forms
fertile
adjective B1
Advanced or less common
barrenly
adverb
Posakiai
barren of
1/bˈɛɹən əv/
fixed phrase
Completely lacking something
Having none of a particular thing.
Pavyzdžiai
- The report was barren of new information.
- His speech was barren of emotion.