单词 | bar |
释义 | noun | verb | preposition barbar1 /bɑr/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 1PLACE TO DRINK IN a place where alcoholic drinks are served: We went to a bar to watch the game and have a few beers.2AREA TO BUY A DRINK a counter (=long surface) inside a bar where alcoholic drinks are bought and served: I found him sitting at the bar.3BLOCK SHAPE something, especially something solid, that is longer than it is wide: a candy barbar of a bar of soap4PIECE OF METAL/WOOD a length of metal or wood put across a door, window, etc. to keep it shut or to prevent people going in or out: A lot of houses had bars across the windows.5COMPUTER one of the long narrow areas of color at the top, bottom, or sides of a computer screen that you click on to make the computer do something: the scroll bar6a salad/coffee/sushi etc. bar a place where a particular kind of food or drink is served7the bar law a)lawyers considered as a group, or the profession of being a lawyer: He was admitted to the bar last year. b) (also the bar exam) the test that you must pass to become a lawyer: Did she pass the bar?8behind bars informal in prison9a bar to (doing) something something that prevents you from achieving something that you want: Open homosexuality is a bar to becoming a priest in the Catholic Church.10MUSIC eng. lang. arts a group of notes and rests, separated from other groups by vertical lines, into which a line of written music is divided: They played a few bars, then stopped.11PILE OF SAND/STONES a long pile of sand or stones under the water at the entrance to a harbor: One of the ships got stuck on a sand bar.12COLOR/LIGHT a narrow band of color or light13ON UNIFORMS a narrow band of metal or cloth worn on a military uniform to show rank[Origin: 1100–1200 Old French barre] → see also raise the bar at raise1 (10), salad bar, snack bar noun | verb | preposition barbar2 ●○○ verb (barred, barring) [transitive] 1to officially prevent someone from entering a place or from doing something: bar somebody from something Journalists are regularly barred from entering the country.► see thesaurus at forbid2to prevent people from going somewhere by placing something in their way: She stood in the hall, barring my way.3 (also bar up) to shut a door or window using a bar or piece of wood so that people cannot get in or out: They had barred the windows and doors. noun | verb | preposition barbar3 preposition 1bar none used to emphasize that someone is the best of a particular group: They serve the best breakfast in town, bar none.2formal except: No work’s been done in the office today, bar a little typing. → see also barring |
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