| 单词 | barred |
| 释义 | barred (once / 719 pages) 1adj 2adj Something that is barred prevents your entry. If you are trying to sneak into your friend's house, avoid the barred windows. To be barred is to be blocked from entrance or not allowed to do something — as if there were imaginary bars in your path. The adjective barred comes from the noun bar, and it's easy to remember if you picture the classic barred cell where inmates are confined. Barred can also describe something that is marked with bars, like a barred owl. WORD FAMILYbar: barred, barring, bars, unbar+/barring: barrings/bars: barss/unbar: unbared, unbaring, unbarred, unbarring, unbars USAGE EXAMPLESThe order also barred media outlets from publishing any information on potential suspects, unless released through official statements. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) While foreign donations to French political parties are barred, loans are not. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) In another agreement, a government scientist was barred even from disclosing sensitive information she heard at a symposium run by Monsanto. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 adj preventing entry or exit or a course of action 2barred doors Syn barricaded, blockaded obstructed shut off to passage or view or hindered from action adj marked with stripes or bands Syn marked having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination |
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