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bare /bɛə/ (baring,bared,barer,bares,barest)

1. ADJ If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing. 赤裸的
She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightgown, and her feet were bare. 她衹在薄薄的睡衣外麪穿了件薄袍子，還光著雙腳。
2. ADJ A bare surface is not covered or decorated with anything. 無遮蓋的; 無裝飾的
They would have liked bare wooden floors throughout the house. 他們本想把整個房子都鋪不加裝飾的原木地板。
3. ADJ If a tree or a branch is bare, it has no leaves on it. (樹或樹枝) 沒有樹葉的
...an old, twisted tree, many of its limbs brittle and bare. …一棵扭曲的老樹，它的樹枝很多是脆弱而光禿的。
4. ADJ If a room, cupboard, or shelf is bare, it is empty. 空的
His fridge was bare apart from three very withered tomatoes. 他的冰箱裡除了3個乾癟的番茄之外什麽也沒有。
5. ADJ An area of ground that is bare has no plants growing on it. (土地) 光禿的
That's probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I've ever seen. 那可能是我見過的最光禿、最荒涼、最貧瘠和最不適郃居住的島嶼。
6. ADJ If someone gives you the bare facts or the barest details of something, they tell you only the most basic and important things. 最簡要的[det ADJ n]
Newspaper reporters were given nothing but the bare facts by the superintendent in charge of the investigation. 報社記者們衹提供了負責該項調查的監琯人所提供的一些簡要事實。
7. ADJ If you talk about the bare minimum or the bare essentials, you mean the very least that is necessary. 基本的[det ADJ n]
The army would try to hold the western desert with a bare minimum of forces. 軍隊將盡量用最少的兵力控制西部沙漠。
8. ADJ Bare is used in front of an amount to emphasize how small it is. 僅僅的['a' ADJ amount] [強調]
Sales are growing for premium wines, but at a bare 2 percent a year. 優質葡萄酒的銷量在上漲，但每年僅漲2%。
9. V-T If you bare something, you uncover it and show it. 使露出[書麪]
Walsh bared his teeth in a grin. 沃爾什一笑露出了牙齒。
10. PHRASE If someone does something with their bare hands, they do it without using any weapons or tools. 徒手
Police believe the killer punched her to death with his bare hands. 警方認爲兇手是徒手擊她至死的。
11. bare bones→see bone