barren

1. ADJ A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees. 荒蕪的

...the Tibetan landscape of high barren mountains. …西藏荒蕪的高山景觀。

2. ADJ Barren land consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it. 貧瘠的

He wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land. 他想用該水來(lái)灌溉貧瘠的沙漠土地。

3. ADJ If you describe something such as an activity or a period of your life as barren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results. 無(wú)成就的; 不成功的[書面] [oft ADJ 'of' n]

...an empty exercise barren of utility. …一項(xiàng)毫無(wú)效用的無(wú)聊訓(xùn)練。

4. ADJ If you describe a room or a place as barren, you do not like it because it has almost no furniture or other objects in it. 空蕩蕩的[書面] [oft ADJ 'of' n]

The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration. 這個(gè)房間很簡(jiǎn)樸，幾乎沒有什么家具或裝飾。