单词 | barricade |
释义 | barricaden. 1. An obstruction hastily erected across a path or street to stop an enemy's advance; = barricado n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [noun] traverse1524 barricado1596 under-traverse1598 barricade1642 traverser1645 entanglement1834 barrel-barricade1837 barricade-work1867 barricading1890 1642 S. Harcourt in Macmillan's Mag. 45 290 They had cast upp a travers or barricade. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. ii. 72 All the world has heard of the Barricades of Paris. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 252 They..forced the barricade, killing and wounding several of the defenders. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cxxv. 195 Tho' thrice again The red fool-fury of the Seine Should pile her barricades with dead. View more context for this quotation 2. transferred and figurative. Any barrier blocking up or obstructing passage. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] bar1388 traverse1477 hedge1523 barrier1570 barricadoa1616 barricade1714 barbed wire1890 1714 W. Derham Physico-theol. (ed. 2) ii. i. 42 Certainly these [much vaster Angles] must be such a Barricade, as would greatly annoy, or rather absolutely stop the Currents of the Atmosphere. 1742 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero (ed. 3) I. iii. 201 He had broken through that barricade of Nobility. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxiii. 285 A uniform curve..abutted on each side by a barricade of rubbish. 3. Nautical. = barricado n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > across quarterdeck barricado1675 barricade1769 breastwork1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Abaft The barricade stands abaft the main-mast. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Compounds barricade-work n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [noun] traverse1524 barricado1596 under-traverse1598 barricade1642 traverser1645 entanglement1834 barrel-barricade1837 barricade-work1867 barricading1890 1867 Times 29 Aug. The hands that were so ready at barricade-work have forgot their cunning. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). barricadev. 1. a. transitive. To block (a passage) with a barricade. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up > block the way or a passage forsetc900 withseta1300 stop13.. speara1325 withsperre1330 to stop one's way1338 shut1362 forbara1375 beseta1400 stopc1400 precludea1513 interclude1526 to shut up1526 forestall1528 fence1535 hedge1535 quar1542 foreclose1548 forestop1566 to flounder up1576 obstruct1578 bar1590 retrench1590 to shut the door in (also upon) (a person's) face1596 barricade1606 barricado1611 thwartc1630 blocka1644 overthwart1654 rebarricado1655 to choke up1673 blockade1696 embarrass1735 snow1816 roadblock1950 1606 No-body & Some-body sig. F4 Man the Court gates, barricade al the streets. 1649 O. Cromwell Lett. (Carl.) lxxx Having burnt the gates, which our men barricaded up with stones. 1776 C. Lee in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 159 To barricade all the streets. 1866 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire (new ed.) xvi. 316 Frederick barricaded the bridge over the Tiber. b. transferred and figurative. To block, bar, obstruct, render impassable. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up > block the way or a passage > render impassable something immaterial barricadea1677 a1677 T. Manton in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1882) VI. Ps. cxix. 77 The way is barricaded and shut up by our sins. 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 55 And the mixt hurry barricades the Street. 1718 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher I. xiii. §16 To stop the Way..and barricade it against Flies. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. iv. 208 The folios in the library bore marks of having been used to barricade the windows. 2. To shut in or defend with or as with a barricade. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [verb (transitive)] ramforce1570 embarricado1603 barricadoa1616 barricade1657 traverse1828 1657 Deuine Louer 98 Barricade mee with these Bulwarkes against myne enemyes. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 310 The revolters barricaded themselves in some streets. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. viii. 123 To barricade the joint on both sides by a continuation of..the bone over it. 1885 Standard 11 Apr. 4/8 The settlers are barricaded in the railway station. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1642v.1606 |
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