1 N-COUNT 酒吧 A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks. 酒吧 [mainly US]
SYN public house, pub [informal , mainly British] , counter, inn
2 N-COUNT 酒吧间 A bar is a room in a pub or hotel where alcoholic drinks are served. 酒吧间 [British]
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I'll see you in the bar later.
一会儿酒吧见。
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On the ship there are video lounges, a bar and a small duty-free shop.
船上有录像厅、一个酒吧间和一家小型免税商店。
3 N-COUNT 吧台；售酒柜台 A bar is a counter on which alcoholic drinks are served. 吧台；售酒柜台
SYN counter, stand, table
4See also:coffee bar public bar singles bar snack bar wine bar
Usage Note :
A bar is a place where you can buy alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. It can be part of a larger building such as a hotel, nightclub, or theatre, or it can be a separate building. A pub is a building where you can buy alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, especially in Britain and Ireland rather than in America. Pubs usually have two or more bars. Both pubs and bars have a counter where drinks are served and this is also called a bar. See also note at café.
bar 是出售酒和其他饮料的地方。它可以是酒店、夜总会、剧院等的一部分，也可以是独立的建筑。pub是出售酒和其他饮料的独立场所，尤其在英国和爱尔兰常用，但在美国不常用。一个pub通常包括两个或以上的bar。pub和bar都有出售酒和饮料的柜台，这个柜台也称为bar。亦见café词条下的说明。
5 N-COUNT 金属条；金属棒 A bar is a long, straight, stiff piece of metal. 金属条；金属棒
SYN rod, staff, stick, stake
6 PHRASE 在狱中；被囚禁 If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison. 在狱中；被囚禁
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Fisher was behind bars last night, charged with attempted murder.
费希尔被控谋杀未遂，昨晚入狱。
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Nearly 5,000 people a year are put behind bars over motoring penalties.
每年有近5,000人因违章驾车而入狱。
7 N-COUNT 条；棒；长块 A bar of something is a piece of it which is roughly rectangular. 条；棒；长块
SYN piece, bit, block, slice
8 N-COUNT [usually with supplement] （电热炉的）电热棒，电热片 A bar of an electric fire is a piece of metal with wire wound round it that glows and provides heat when the fire is switched on. （电热炉的）电热棒，电热片 [British]
9 VERB （用木条，铁条等）闩（门等） If you bar a door, you place something in front of it or a piece of wood or metal across it in order to prevent it from being opened. （用木条，铁条等）闩（门等）
SYN lock, block, secure, chain
10 VERB 阻拦；阻挡 If you bar someone's way, you prevent them from going somewhere or entering a place, by blocking their path. 阻拦；阻挡
SYN block, restrict, hold up, restrain
11 VERB [usually passive] 禁止；不准 If someone is barred from a place or from doing something, they are officially forbidden to go there or to do it. 禁止；不准
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Amnesty workers have been barred from Sri Lanka since 1982. [be VERB-ed + from]
从1982年起，大赦国际的工作人员就被禁止进入斯里兰卡。
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Many jobs were barred to them. [be VERB-ed + to]
很多工作将他们拒之门外。
SYN exclude, ban, forbid, prohibit
12 N-COUNT 障碍；阻碍；妨碍 If something is a bar to doing a particular thing, it prevents someone from doing it. 障碍；阻碍；妨碍
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One of the fundamental bars to communication is the lack of a universally spoken, common language. [+ to]
交流的一个基本障碍就是缺少一种大家都说的通用语。
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In industry after industry, government bodies have erected bars to competition.
政府机构在一个又一个行业中设置了障碍以阻止竞争。
SYN obstacle, block, barrier, hurdle
13 PHRASE 不受任何规则约束；不限任何方式方法；不择手段 If you say that there are no holds barred when people are fighting or competing for something, you mean that they are no longer following any rules in their efforts to win. 不受任何规则约束；不限任何方式方法；不择手段
14 PREP 除了…以外 You can use bar when you mean 'except'. For example, all the work bar the washing means all the work except the washing. 除了…以外
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Bar a plateau in 1989, there has been a rise in inflation ever since the mid-1980's.
除1989年物价稳定之外，从20世纪80年代中期开始，通货膨胀就一直在上升。
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The aim of the service was to offer everything the independent investor wanted, bar advice.
该项服务的目的就是向独立投资者提供除建议外他们想要的一切。
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He is simply the best goalscorer we have ever had, bar none.
他绝对是我们从未有过的最佳进球手，无人可及。
16 N-PROPER （英格兰有资格在任何法庭作辩护的）出庭律师职业；（美国的）律师职业，律师界 The Bar is used to refer to the profession of a barrister in England, or of any kind of lawyer in the United States. （英格兰有资格在任何法庭作辩护的）出庭律师职业；（美国的）律师职业，律师界
17 N-COUNT （乐曲中的）小节 In music, a bar is one of the several short parts of the same length into which a piece of music is divided. （乐曲中的）小节 [mainly British]
in AM, use 美国英语用 measure
| Word Partnership | Use bar with: |
| ADJ. | full bar, gay bar, local bar 1 candy/chocolate bar 7 |
| N. | bar and grill, bar and lounge, bar owner, restaurant and bar, sports bar, bar stool 1 bar of soap 7 bar a door 9 bar exam 16 |
| PREP. | behind a bar 3 bar someone from 11 |
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