Blockade



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. / n. 封锁
• ［英］ v. / n. 封锁 ( a shutting off of a port or region)
• ［类］ filibuster : legislation / blockade : commerce ( 阻碍立法 / 阻止贸易)
• ［记］ block ( 阻碍) +ade -> 阻碍物 -> 封锁
• ［例］ They blockaded the roads used to supply the rebels.

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (blockaded; blockading)

• Date: 1680
• 1. to subject to a blockade
• 2. block, obstruct
• ? blockader noun

II. noun

• Date: 1693
• 1. the isolation by a warring nation of an enemy area (as a harbor) by troops or warships to prevent passage of persons or supplies; broadly a restrictive measure designed to obstruct the commerce and communications of an unfriendly nation
• 2. something that blocks
• 3. interruption of normal physiological function (as transmission of nerve impulses) of a cellular receptor, tissue, or organ; also inhibition of a physiologically active substance (as a hormone)

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