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- barrier [ 'bærɪɚ] [ 'bærɪə]
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noun
（阻碍通道的）障碍物，如：栅栏、挡墙，壁垒；屏障，障壁
- The fence acts as a barrier.
- 篦笆可作屏障。
- Only this military aircraft is able to break the sound barrier.
- 只有这架军用飞机能够突破声障。
- Almost all the countries have set up some barriers to protect national industries.
- 几乎所有的国家都会通过设置贸易壁垒来保护国有工业。
- Language barriers cause costly delays in some courts.
- 语言障碍会引起一些法庭休庭，以免造成重大损失。
- 2. noun 障碍，阻碍，隔离，隔阂
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3.
noun
原义：（守门把关的）要塞
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4.
noun
海关关卡，关口
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5.
noun
[有时作Barrier]扩伸到海洋中的南极洲冰层
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6.
noun
[复数形态时]骑士比武区的围栅
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7.
noun
[horse racing]
拦马于起跑的可动门
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8.
vt.
以屏障隔开（或隔绝）；把……关进栅栏
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1.
noun
（阻碍通道的）障碍物，如：栅栏、挡墙，壁垒；屏障，障壁
Collins English-English Dictionary
- barrier ['bærɪə]
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1.
n
anything serving to obstruct passage or to maintain separation, such as a fence or gate
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2.
n
anything that prevents or obstructs passage, access, or progress
- a barrier of distrust
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3.
n
anything that separates or hinders union
- a language barrier
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4.
n
an exposed offshore sand bar separated from the shore by a lagoon
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5.
n
(as modifier)
- a barrier beach
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6.
n
[sometimes capital]
that part of the Antarctic icecap extending over the sea
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7.
n
[Etymology]
C14: from Old French barriere, from barre
bar 1
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1.
n
anything serving to obstruct passage or to maintain separation, such as a fence or gate
Examples
- The fence acts as a barrier.
- 篦笆可作屏障。 → barrier
- a feeble barrier
- 易摧毁的障碍物 → feeble
- Only this military aircraft is able to break the sound barrier.
- 只有这架军用飞机能够突破声障。 → aircraft
- a barrier of distrust → barrier
- a language barrier → barrier
- a barrier beach → barrier
- to crash through a barrier → crash
- 突破一重又一重的障碍
- break through barrier after barrier → 重
- 贸易壁垒
- trade barrier → 壁垒
- 不可逾越的障碍
- an insurmountable (or insuperable) barrier → 不可逾越
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