barren的词源

英文词源

barren (adj.)

c. 1200, from Old French baraigne, baraing "sterile, barren" (12c.), perhaps originally brahain, of obscure derivation, perhaps from a Germanic language. In England, originally used of women, of land in France. Of land in English from late 14c. As a noun, mid-13c., "a barren woman;" later of land.

BARRENS. Elevated lands, or plains upon which grow small trees, but never timber. [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848]

中文词源

barren：不育的

发音释义：['bær(ə)n] adj.不育的；贫瘠的；不结果的；无效的；n. 荒地

词源解释：来自古法语，原本用来表示妇女不育，后来可用来形容土地贫瘠、树木不结果，引申比喻某方法或行为无法产生结果。

同源词：bar（棒、栏杆）；barrier（障碍物、屏障）

助记窍门：barren = bar（酒吧）+ren（人）→天天泡酒吧的人→饮酒过度→不能生育

衍生词：barrenness（不育）

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：barren 词源，barren 含义。

barren：贫瘠的

词源不详，可能同bare, 裸露的，荒凉的。