Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #4202
barn
谷仓；畜棚
A large farm building used for storing grain, hay, or equipment and for keeping livestock.
- 1.
A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
- 2.
A child.
小孩。
- 3.
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
用于储存谷物、饲料及饲养家畜的偏远农舍
- 4.
A unit of surface area equal to 10−28 square metres.
- 5.
(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
核截面单位,表示一个粒子作为靶子的有效面积
靶恩；孩子；小孩；小孩。；用于储存谷物、饲料及饲养家畜的偏远农舍；核截面单位,表示一个粒子作为靶子的有效面积
In use
The farmer stores hay in the barn.
We painted the old barn red last summer.
The children found a litter of kittens in the barn.
in a/the barn
表示地点，常用介词in。
They keep the hay in the barn.
他们把干草存放在谷仓里。
build/construct a barn
动词+谷仓，表示建造。
The farmer built a new barn last year.
农民去年建了一个新谷仓。
a barn for [storing something]
表示用途，后接动名词短语。
We need a barn for storing grain.
我们需要一个谷仓来储存谷物。
Connections
Collocations
- barn door
- 谷仓门
- Please close the barn door.请关上谷仓门。
- barn owl
- 仓鸮
- A barn owl flew out of the loft.一只仓鸮从阁楼飞出来。
- horse barn
- 马厩
- The horse barn needs cleaning.马厩需要清理。
- hay barn
- 干草棚
- The hay barn is full.干草棚满了。
- cow barn
- 牛棚
- The cow barn is warm in winter.牛棚冬天很暖和。
- barn swallow
- 家燕
- Barn swallows nest under the eaves.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
barn发音似‘born’，想象动物在谷仓出生。
Context & Register
[object Object]
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words 'yarn' and 'darn' rhyme with 'barn' (same /-ɑːn/ ending). Words like 'bar', 'car', 'far', and 'tar' share the 'ar' spelling but lack the final /n/, so they do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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