barrage
英 ['b?rɑ??]
美[b?'rɑ?]
- n. 彈幕；阻塞；齊射式攻擊；[水利] 攔河壩
- vt. 以密集炮火進攻
- vi. 以密集火力阻擊
- n. (Barrage)人名；(阿拉伯)巴拉杰
TEM8GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?barrages;第三人稱單數:?barrages;過去式:?barraged;過去分詞:?barraged;現在分詞:?barraging;
中文詞源
barrage 火力網
詞源同bar, 桿，棍，原指用桿棍搭建的攔河壩，阻擋洪水，火力網是后來義。
英文詞源
- barrage
- barrage: see bar
- barrage (n.)
- 1859, "action of barring; man-made barrier in a stream," from French barrer "to stop," from barre "bar," from Old French barre (see bar (n.1)). Artillery sense is 1916, from World War I French phrase tir de barrage "barrier fire" intended to isolate the objective. As a verb by 1917. Related: Barraged; barraging.
雙語例句
- 1. The council is standing firm against the barrage of protest.
- 委員會面對接二連三的抗議拒不讓步。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This sounds like a barrage of accusation—I don'tintend it to be.
- 這聽起來像是接二連三的指責——這并非我的本意。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A barrage would halt the flow upstream and lift the water level.
- 一道攔河壩將會在上游攔住水流，抬升水位。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The attack jumped off under cover of a barrage.
- 進攻在炮火的掩護下開始了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The film star faced a barrage of criticism for his behaviour.
- 那個影星因自己的行為而惹來接二連三的批評.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》