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barren

🇬🇧 UK/'bærәn/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLGREB2

Definitions

adj.

Unable to produce crops, vegetation, or offspring; infertile; empty and lifeless.

贫瘠的;不育的;荒芜的

n.

An area of land that is largely infertile and supports little vegetation.

荒地,不毛之地

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
barbar, barrier, stick
+
rensuffix
=barren

Common Collocations

  • 1.barren land贫瘠的土地

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The barren desert stretched endlessly with no water or vegetation.

  • 2.

    She found the barren landscape both harsh and strangely beautiful.

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