barrenness

英

美

n.  不孕（症），不结实; 瘠（荒）地

TOEFL医学

BNC.33709 / COCA.30758

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 荒芜的；缺少植被的；不毛的
  Abarrenlandscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
  1. ...the country's landscape of high barren mountains.
     该国草木稀少的高山地貌
• ADJ-GRADED 贫瘠的
  Barrenland consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it.
  1. He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
     他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。
• ADJ-GRADED 无用的；无益的；无效果的
  If you describe something such as an activity or a period of your life asbarren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results.
  1. ...politics that are banal and barren of purpose.
     陈腐盲目的政见
  2. ...the player, who ended a 14-month barren spell by winning the Tokyo event in October...
     这名选手赢得了10月的东京赛事，终结了长达14个月不胜的魔咒
  3. As the leaves of autumn wither and fall, so has my own life become barren.
     我的生命就如秋叶般枯萎凋零。
• ADJ 空的；没有东西的
  If you describe a room or a place asbarren, you do not like it because it has almost no furniture or other objects in it.
  1. The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration...
     房间非常简朴，几乎没有任何家具和装饰。
  2. Six stale loaves of brown bread formed a dark blot on the otherwise barren shelves.
     6条变质的黑面包在原本空荡荡的架子上堆出了一个黑点儿。
• ADJ 不育的；不孕的
  Abarrenwoman or female animal is unable to have babies.
  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。
  2. ...a three-year-old barren mare.
     一匹不孕的3岁母马

英英释义

noun

• the quality of yielding nothing of value
  Synonym:fruitlessnessaridity
• the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children

双语例句

• A comparative analysis of testicular fine needle aspiration and biopsy for male barrenness
  男性不育症的睾丸细针穿刺与活检对比分析
• Results The repassage rate of postnatal barrenness was 98%, and its pregnant rate was 60.4%;
  结果其中继发性不孕症再通率为98%；
• That cavity in our chests, that barrenness at our core, that void in our center is the place where the heart once beat and which love once occupied.
  胸口的空洞，心灵的荒芜，那些空白的地方曾经搏动着我们的心脏，曾经被爱占据。
• In his writing, John Crowe Ransom describes what he considers the spiritual barrenness of society brought about by science and technology.
  JohnCroweRansom在他的著作中描述了他认为是由科学技术给社会带来的精神贫困。
• It seemed strange that such barrenness could exhibit this radiance of color.
  说来真怪，在这个不毛之地居然呈现出这种灿烂的颜色。
• The desert is imprisoned the wall of its unbounded barrenness.
  沙漠被幽禁于它那无限荒凉的沙墙里。
• Beware of the barrenness of busyness.
  要谨防徒劳而无益。
• Conclusions The study suggests that the testicular fine needle aspiration be a simple rapid and comparatively accurate diagnostic method for male barrenness and of great clinical importance.
  结论睾丸细针吸法在诊断男性不育症中较其他诊断方法先进、快捷、准确并有较高的临床价值。
• For all things turn to barrenness
  因为万物都变得不育而贫瘠
• Mycoplasma infection is associated with tubal pregnancy and barrenness, and also can result in varied bad pregnancy outcomes.
  支原体感染与不孕及输卵管妊娠有关，并可导致多种不良妊娠结局。