释义
[ bar -ee-er ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbær i ər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like: People may pass through the barrier only when their train is announced.
any natural bar or obstacle: a mountain barrier.
anything that restrains or obstructs progress, access, etc.: a trade barrier.
a limit or boundary of any kind: the barriers of caste.
Physical Geography . an antarctic ice shelf or ice front.
barrier beach.
barriers, History/Historical . the palisade or railing surrounding the ground where tourneys and jousts were carried on.
Archaic . a fortress or stockade.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of barrier 1275–1325; Middle English <Middle French
barriere (
barre bar
1 +
-iere <Latin
-āria -ary); replacing Middle English
barrere <Anglo-French <Medieval Latin
barrera SYNONYMS FOR barrier 1 palisade, wall.
1-3 obstruction, hindrance, impediment.
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synonym study for barrier 1-3 . See bar1 .
Words nearby barrier Barrett's esophagus, barriada, barricade, barricado, Barrie, barrier , barrier beach, barrier cream, barrier island, barrier-nurse, barrier of ideas
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Example sentences from the Web for barrier Language was no barrier ; just about every tongue on the planet was babbling away, caught up in the elaborate mystique of a cult.
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The innocence of that child and how it can break down any barrier .
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But you two have not put up that barrier which everywhere shuts me out from my kind.
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On the left, where the hedges and the avenue were not so thick, the waggons were piled one upon another to make a barrier .
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We soon made up our minds that we had chosen the best place the Barrier had to offer.
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He sent back the troops to garrison the inland towns, and thus hoped to stretch a barrier between the rebels and the capital.
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Monsieur Paul must take a cab—at least to the barrier : it will not be pleasant to make a scandal in the street.
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British Dictionary definitions for barrier noun anything serving to obstruct passage or to maintain separation, such as a fence or gate
anything that prevents or obstructs passage, access, or progress a barrier of distrust
anything that separates or hinders union a language barrier
an exposed offshore sand bar separated from the shore by a lagoon (as modifier ) a barrier beach (sometimes capital) that part of the Antarctic icecap extending over the sea
Word Origin for barrier C14: from Old French barriere , from barre bar 1
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Words related to barrier fence, wall, limit, roadblock, blockade, obstacle, barricade, hurdle, railing, impediment, boundary, restriction, stumbling block, handicap, restraint, drawback, difficulty, hindrance, moat, bar
Medical definitions for barrier n. A boundary or limit.
An obstacle or impediment.
Something that separates or holds apart.
Something immaterial that obstructs or impedes behavior.
A physical or biological factor that limits the migration, interbreeding, or free movement of individuals or populations.
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