本期词汇: bare • exposed • desolate • windswept • bleak
These words all describe places and natural features that are not covered with anything, usually because plants cannot grow there.
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
► bare/exposed/windswept trees
► bare/desolate/bleak countryside/landscape/mountains
► an exposed/a desolate/a windswept/a bleak coast/hillside
► an exposed/a desolate/a bleak area
► desolate/windswept/bleak country/moors
► rather bare/exposed/desolate/bleak
► very bare/exposed/bleak
bare
(of trees or countryside) not covered with leaves; without plants or trees
The winter sun filtered through the bare branches of the trees.
exposed ( especially written )
(of a place) not protected from the weather by trees, buildings or high ground
The path weaves in and out of sheltered coves and exposed headlands.
desolate ( written )
(of a place) empty and without people, making you feel sad or frightened
There stretched out before them miles of utterly wild and desolate terrain.
windswept ( especially written )
(of a place) having strong winds and little protection from them
We reached a windswept plateau.
bleak ( especially written )
(of a place) exposed, empty or with no pleasant features
Clouds rolled in and the lake took on a bleak and sombre appearance.