barren
gb/bˈɛɹən/ us/bˈɛɹən/
B1
英语
~ 4800
义项
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adjective
B1
property
1
Unable to produce vegetation
Not able to grow plants or crops.
用法模式：
[land/soil/area] is barren
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse 'barren' with 'bare'. 'Bare' means without covering, while 'barren' means unable to produce life or growth.
近义词
infertile (More technical and often used in scientific or agricultural contexts.)
反义词
fertile (Describes land capable of producing abundant vegetation.)
搭配
barren land
|barren soil
|barren desert
|barren landscape
主题
nature
|agriculture
|environment
例句
- 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.
学习者例句
- 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.
用法模式：
[someone] is barren
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse 'barren' with 'bare'. In this sense, 'barren' refers specifically to reproduction, not lack of covering.
近义词
sterile (More clinical or medical in tone.)
反义词
fertile (Able to conceive and have children.)
搭配
barren woman
|born barren
主题
health
|family
|animals
例句
- 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.
学习者例句
- 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.
用法模式：
[period/effort/discussion] is barren
常见错误：
Learners may overuse this sense for any kind of emptiness; it usually refers to lack of results, ideas, or productivity.
近义词
unproductive (Emphasizes lack of results rather than emptiness.)
反义词
fruitful (Producing good or useful results.)
搭配
barren effort
|barren discussion
|barren years
主题
emotions
|work
|core_vocabulary
例句
- 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.
学习者例句
- The talk was barren and gave no ideas.
- He had a barren time with no work.
- The search was barren and found nothing.
语法
词典原形
barren
IPA
GB/bˈɛɹən/
US/bˈɛɹən/
音节与重音
bar - ren （2 个音节）
Stress on 1st syllable (bar)
词形变化
Adjective
- Base: barren
词族
Core family
barrenness
noun
Related words
infertile
adjective
infertility
noun
Negative and opposite forms
fertile
adjective B1
Advanced or less common
barrenly
adverb
相关表达
barren of
1/bˈɛɹən əv/
fixed phrase
Completely lacking something
Having none of a particular thing.
例句
- The report was barren of new information.
- His speech was barren of emotion.