barrage

英 ['bærɑːʒ] 美 [bə'rɑʒ]
  • 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

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》

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