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barrens

US // (ˈbærənz) //

荒地,树林,荒原,荒野

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : a stretch of usually level land that is sparsely vegetated or barren

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Examples

  • My three favorite episodes are probably “College,” “Pine Barrens,” and “Amour Fou.”

  • He was nominated for an Emmy for directing the 2001 episode “Pine Barrens,” which Winters wrote.

  • Everywhere the small man has been forced to retire into forests, deserts, and icy barrens before the taller and stronger man.

  • Unproductive wastes, sandy barrens, and useless underbrush now greet the eye.

  • We see him emerging upon the Kentucky barrens which were covered with vegetation and open for the sweep of the eye.

  • It is supposed that the pine barrens towards Texas, if explored, would add to the number.

  • From this appearance it was inferred that the soil was of inferior quality, and these tracts were denominated "barrens."