barricade

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bar·ri·cade1 /ˈbærəkeɪd, ˌbærəˈkeɪd/ noun [countableC]

TTRPREVENTa temporary wall or fence across a road, door etc that prevents people from going through 〔临时的〕路障，街垒

The fans were kept back behind barricades.

歌迷们被拦在路障后面。

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Examples from the Corpus

barricade• The police courteously directed patrons around the crowd-control barricades.• Ironically, during the civil war, they served as the building blocks for barricades.• Police barricades were set up at the front entrance, and police cars occasionally circled the building.• In spirit, then, I will take my place at the barricades beside Mr Wei.• Finally a single Land-Rover ground over the ridge and stopped at the barricade.• Images of desperate freedom-fighters handing the packet round behind the barricade.• Discussions took place in the street behind the barricades, and in private houses, about future tactics.• Soldiers fired over the barricades at the rioters.• This loss is not renewed overnight, even though the barricades are now down.

barricade2 verb [transitiveT]

PROTECTto build a barricade to prevent someone or something from getting in 设路障于；以障碍物阻塞

During the riots, some of the prisoners barricaded their cells.

暴动期间，有些囚犯把牢房堵了起来。

barricade somebody/yourself in/into something

Shopkeepers had to barricade themselves in.

店主们只得把自己关在里面。

Examples from the Corpus

barricade• At some point in the early eighties they were barricaded.• At this hour they were all barricaded and fortified, protected by wire and armed with heavy padlocks.• Miners in Spain barricaded roads and clashed with police.• They barricaded the buses, banging on the doors and windows.• It caused a lot of tension, riots, and they barricaded the cells.• Back when me and my buddies were barricading the front door, who left the back door open?• Pimentel, 61, barricaded the road, prompting a lawsuit from the church.• Farmers have barricaded their fields to prevent partygoers from trespassing on their land.• You barricaded your door against its tall figure.

barricade somebody/yourself in/into something• Perfect for a singalong on the barricades.• Police marksmen were then drafted in for a 12 hour siege after he barricaded himself in.• Then we barricaded ourselves in, piled our mattresses against the cell door.• Luke could have done with more help, but Umberto had barricaded himself into the tack room with another bottle.• Dozens of families in the farms around the hamlet have practically barricaded themselves into their homes.

Origin barricade1

(1500-1600) French barrique “barrel”; because early barricades were made from barrels

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