Barricade



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.设栅阻挡; n. 栅栏
• ［英］ v.设栅阻挡 ( to obstruct / to shut in ) ; n. 栅栏 ( any barrier or obstruction)
• ［类］ 反义词: permit passage ( 允许通过)
• ［记］ barric ( 阻止) +ade -> 阻止物 -> 栅栏; bar作为单词意为""阻挡""

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (-caded; -cading)

• Etymology: ［sup］2［/sup］barricade
• Date: 1592
• 1. to block off or stop up with a barricade <barricade a street>
• 2. to prevent access to by means of a barricade

II. noun

• Etymology: French, from Middle French, from barriquer to barricade, from barrique barrel
• Date: 1642
• 1. an obstruction or rampart thrown up across a way or passage to check the advance of the enemy
• 2. barrier 3, obstacle
• 3. plural a field of combat or dispute

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