| 单词 | blockade |
| 释义 | blockade —blockader, n. /blo kayd"/, n. , v. , blockaded, blockading. n. 1. the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit. 2. any obstruction of passage or progress: We had difficulty in getting through the blockade of bodyguards. 3. Pathol. interruption or inhibition of a normal physiological signal, as a nerve impulse or a heart muscle-contraction impulse. v.t. 4. to subject to a blockade. [1670-80; BLOCK (V.) + -ADE1] Syn. 1. See siege. |
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