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bar.ren5bAr7[nadjunable to produce plants or fruit, or (literary or specialized) unable to have babies贫瘠的,不毛的,不生育的We drove through a barren, rocky landscape.我们开车经过一片贫瘠而多石的土地。(literary) They longed for a child but she was barren.他们渴望有个孩子,可她却不能生育。(fig.) She became very depressed during the barren (= not productive) years when she was unable to paint.在不能画画而无所建树的几年中她很沮丧。☆ FERTILE
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