barrage
英 ['b?rɑ??]
美[b?'rɑ?]
- n. 弹幕；阻塞；齐射式攻击；[水利] 拦河坝
- vt. 以密集炮火进攻
- vi. 以密集火力阻击
- n. (Barrage)人名；(阿拉伯)巴拉杰
TEM8GRE低频词扩展词汇
词态变化
复数:?barrages;第三人称单数:?barrages;过去式:?barraged;过去分词:?barraged;现在分词:?barraging;
中文词源
barrage 火力网
词源同bar, 杆，棍，原指用杆棍搭建的拦河坝，阻挡洪水，火力网是后来义。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. The council is standing firm against the barrage of protest.
- 委员会面对接二连三的抗议拒不让步。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. This sounds like a barrage of accusation—I don'tintend it to be.
- 这听起来像是接二连三的指责——这并非我的本意。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. A barrage would halt the flow upstream and lift the water level.
- 一道拦河坝将会在上游拦住水流，抬升水位。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The attack jumped off under cover of a barrage.
- 进攻在炮火的掩护下开始了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The film star faced a barrage of criticism for his behaviour.
- 那个影星因自己的行为而惹来接二连三的批评.
来自《简明英汉词典》