not covered by any clothes 裸体的；裸露的 She likes to walk around in bare feet. 她喜欢光着脚走来走去。 They wore shabby clothes and their feet were bare. 他们穿着破旧的衣服，光着脚。 His bare legs were covered in wiry golden hairs. 他光着的腿上覆盖着金属丝般的金毛。
(of trees or countryside 树木或村野 not covered with leaves; without plants or trees （树木）光秃秃的；（土地）荒芜的 The winter sun filtered through the bare branches of the trees. 冬日的阳光透过树木光秃秃的枝桠。 a bare mountainside 光秃秃的山坡 We looked out over a bare, open landscape, stripped of vegetation. 我们眺望着一片光秃秃的、空旷的、没有植被的风景。
Extra ExamplesThe windows looked out onto a bare field. 窗户朝向一片荒芜的田野。 They spent a cold night on the bare mountainside. 他们在光秃秃的山坡上度过了一个寒冷的夜晚。 The flowers stood out like jewels against the dark, bare soil. 这些花在黑暗、光秃秃的土地上显得像珠宝一样突出。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- remain
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not covered with or protected by anything 无遮盖的；没有保护的 bare wooden floorboards 未铺地毯的木地板 Bare wires were sticking out of the cable. 电缆露出了裸线。 The walls were bare except for a clock. 墙上除了一只挂钟什么也没有。 The only lighting was a bare bulb hanging from the ceiling. 唯一的照明是一个挂在天花板上的裸灯泡。 The walls have been stripped bare. 这些墙的外皮已经脱落了。
Homophones bare | bearbare bear- bare adjective
The room looked strangely bare without the furniture. 房间里没有一件傢具，空落落的让人觉得不自然。
- bear noun
Staff reported finding polar bear tracks in the snow. 工作人员报告说在雪地里发现了北极熊的足迹。
- bear verb
How can you bear this awful noise? 你怎么能忍受这种可怕的噪声？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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(of a room, cupboard, etc. 房间、柜子等 empty 空的 The fridge was completely bare. 电冰箱里什么也没有。 bare shelves 空荡荡的架子 - bare of something
The house was almost bare of furniture. 这所房子里几乎没有家具。
Extra ExamplesThe room looked strangely bare without the furniture. 房间里没有一件傢具，空落落的让人觉得不自然。 The room was completely bare. 房间里空无一物。 At many stores bare shelves greeted shoppers. 在许多商店，顾客进去看到的是空荡荡的货架。 They found themselves in a huge bare hall. 他们发现自己在一个空荡荡的大厅里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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just enough; the most basic or simple 仅够的；最基本的；最简单的 The family was short of even the bare necessities of life. 那家人甚至没有最起码的生活所需。 We only had the bare essentials in the way of equipment. 我们只有最基本的设备。 He did the bare minimum of work but still passed the exam. 他只下了最少的功夫，却仍然通过了考试。 She gave me only the bare facts of the case. 她只给我介绍了这个案件的一些基本资料。 It was the barest hint of a smile. 那是一个几乎不露一丝痕迹的笑。 Nothing more is known apart from the bare statement issued to the press. 除了向新闻界发表的赤裸裸的声明外，没有别的消息了。
Synonyms plainplain- simple
- stark
- bare
- unequivocal
- plain used for talking about a fact that other people may not like to hear; honest and direct in a way that other people may not like:
The plain fact is that nobody really knows. 事实很明显，没有人真正了解。
- simple [only before noun] used for talking about a fact that other people may not like to hear; very obvious and not complicated by anything else:
The simple truth is that we just can’t afford it. 事实很简单，我们就是付不起。
plain or simple? 用 plain 还是 simple？ - stark (rather formal
) used for describing an unpleasant fact or difference that is very obvious: 用于描述令人不快的事实或区别十分明显、鲜明： The stark truth is that there is not enough money left. 明摆着的事实是剩下的钱已经不够了。
- bare [only before noun] the most basic or simple, with nothing extra:
She gave me only the bare facts of the case. 她只给我介绍了这个案件的一些基本资料。
- unequivocal (formal
) expressing your opinion or intention very clearly and firmly: 指表达明确的、毫不含糊的、斩钉截铁的： The reply was an unequivocal ‘no’. 回答是个干脆利落的“不”字。
- the plain/simple/stark/bare/unequivocal truth
- a(n) plain/simple/stark/bare/unequivocal fact/statement
- a(n) plain/simple/unequivocal answer
Word OriginOld English bær (noun), barian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch baar.
Idioms
the bare bones (of something)
the basic facts 梗概；概要 the bare bones of the story 故事梗概
the cupboard is bare
lay something bare
with your bare hands