| 单词 | roadblock |
| 释义 | roadblock /rohd"blok'/, n. 1. an obstruction placed across a road, esp. of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations. 2. an obstruction on a road, as a fallen tree or a pile of fallen rocks. 3. a hastily built barricade, as of barbed wire, erected across a road to hold up the advance of an enemy. 4. an action, condition, etc., that obstructs progress toward an objective: Nationalism is a roadblock to European unity. v.t. 5. to halt or obstruct with or as if with a roadblock. [1935-40; ROAD + BLOCK] |
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