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the + barrens
表示特定的一片荒地
The barrens stretch for miles without any signs of life.
那片荒地绵延数英里，毫无生命迹象。
荒地；不毛之地
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荒地；不毛之地
a desolate, infertile area of land; an uninhabited wilderness that is not suitable for cultivation
The barrens stretch for miles without any signs of life.
那片荒地绵延数英里，毫无生命迹象。
低产且无人居住的地区,荒芜之地。
An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
不值得耕种的无人荒野
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
The explorers spent weeks crossing the barren, finding no water or shelter.
探险者们花了数周穿越那片荒地，找不到任何水源或遮蔽处。
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In the north, vast barrens are home only to hardy lichens.
在北方，广阔的荒地上只有耐寒的地衣生存。
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The abandoned mining town now sits on a barren, devoid of vegetation.
这座废弃的矿业小镇如今坐落在一片荒地上，寸草不生。
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the barrens of central Africa
中非的不毛之地
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表示特定的一片荒地
The barrens stretch for miles without any signs of life.
那片荒地绵延数英里，毫无生命迹象。
单数可数，指一块荒地
They crossed a barren where nothing grew.
他们穿过一片寸草不生的荒地。
常用于地名，如Pine Barrens
The Pine Barrens in New Jersey is a unique ecosystem.
新泽西的松林荒原是一个独特的生态系统。
Not this
He lives in barren.
Use this
He lives in a barren.
“barren”作为可数名词单数使用时，前面需要加不定冠词“a”。中文“不毛之地”没有冠词概念，容易漏掉冠词。
Not this
There are many barren in this area.
Use this
There are many barrens in this area.
“barren”的复数形式是“barrens”，表示多片荒地。中文没有名词复数变化，容易误用单数形式指代多个。
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荒地
The barren stretched for miles without a single tree.
那片荒地绵延数英里，没有一棵树。
广阔的荒地
The explorers crossed vast barrens, finding no water.
探险者们穿越广阔的荒地，没有找到水。
冰冻的荒地
Nothing grows in the frozen barrens of the north.
北方的冰冻荒地上什么也不长。
干旱的荒地
The arid barrens receive less than 10 inches of rain per year.
这片干旱的荒地年降水量不足10英寸。
荒地（复数）
The barrens are home to few animals.
这些荒地很少有动物栖息。
缺乏
His speech was barren of any new ideas.
他的演讲缺乏任何新想法。
不毛之地
After the war, the city became a barren wasteland.
战后，这座城市变成了一片不毛之地。
贫瘠的土地
The farmers struggled to grow crops on the barren ground.
农民们在这片贫瘠的土地上艰难地种植庄稼。
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想象“巴人”在荒地上流浪，土地贫瘠，寸草不生。
语域：formal 常见场景：geography、environment 通常用于正式或文学语境，多指荒芜、无法耕作的土地。
作名词时通常用复数形式 barrens。
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