bare
bare
bare¹ / bɛr ; beə /
◙adj
1. WITHOUT CLOTHES 未穿衣服, not covered by clothes
• 赤裸的，裸露的;
【SYN】 naked
»a ragged child with bare feet
一个衣衫褴褛、光着脚的小孩
»She felt the sun warm on her bare arms.
太阳照在她裸露的双臂上，让她觉得很温暖。
»bare-headed / bare-chested / bare-legged etc
光着头/裸着胸/光着腿等的
2. LAND / TREES 土地/树木, not covered by trees or grass, or not having any leaves
• 荒芜的;〔树木〕光秃秃的:
»The trees soon gave way to bare rock.
不久，树也没有了，只剩下一片光秃秃的岩石。
3. NOT COVERED / EMPTY 没有覆盖的/空的, empty, not covered by anything, or not having any decorations
• 空的; 无覆盖物的; 无装饰的:
»She looked round her tiny bare room.
她环顾她那间空荡荡的小房间。
»a bare wood staircase
未铺地毯的木楼梯
4. the bare facts, a statement that tells someone only what they need to know, with no additional details
• 最基本的事实:
»The newspaper had simply published the bare facts.
报上只刊登了最基本的事实。
5. SMALLEST AMOUNT NECESSARY 最少必需量, [only before noun] the very least amount of something that you need to do something
• 仅有的，勉强的，最低限度的:
»He got 40% – a bare pass.
他得了 40 分，勉强及格。
»The room had thebare minimum(=the smallest amount possible) of furniture.
房间里只有最基本的一些家具。
»the bare essentials / necessities
»Her bag was light, packed with only the bare essentials.
她的包很轻，只装了一些最起码的生活必需品。
»If you ask her about herself, she gives onlythe barest(=the smallest amount possible) of details.
如果你问关于她自己的事，她只会告诉你三言两语。
6. the bare bones, the most important parts or facts of something without any detail
• 梗概，基本要点:
»We have outlined only the bare bones of the method.
我们只粗略地介绍了这个方法的基本要点。
7. lay sth bare
a. to uncover something that was previously hidden
• 显示出某事物，使某事物暴露:
»When the river is low, vast stretches of sand are laid bare.
这条河水位低的时候，就会露出大片的沙地来。
b. to make known something that was secret
• 揭露，揭发:
»historical writing which seeks to lay bare the true nature of an event
力求展现事件真相的历史著作
8. with your bare hands, without using a weapon or a tool
• 赤手空拳，徒手:
»He hadkilleda manwith his bare hands.
他徒手杀死了一名男子。
9. bare infinitive [technical] the basic form of a verb, for example 'go' or 'eat' 不带 to 的不定式
♦barenessnoun [U]
bare²
◙verb [T]
1. to remove something that was covering or hiding something
• 使暴露，使赤裸，露出:
»The dogbareditsteeth.
狗露出了牙齿。
»He bared his back to the hot sun.
他露出脊背在炎热的太阳下暴晒。
2. bare your soul, to reveal your most secret feelings
• 敞开心扉，诉说衷肠
bare³
◙adv [BrE spoken informal]
1. very, or a lot of – used by young people
• 非常，许多〔年轻人用语〕:
»Check out this new game – it's bare hard.
试试这种新的游戏 — 很难的。
»His dad's got bare money.
他爸爸有很多钱。
