c. 1200, from Old French baraigne, baraing "sterile, barren" (12c.), perhaps originally brahain, of obscure derivation, perhaps from a Germanic language. In England, originally used of women, of land in France. Of land in English from late 14c. As a noun, mid-13c., "a barren woman;" later of land.
BARRENS. Elevated lands, or plains upon which grow small trees, but never timber. [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848]
实用例句
1. He prayed that his barren wife would one day have a child.
他祈祷自己不孕的妻子有朝一日能怀上宝宝。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration.
