bar·ri·cade
noun/ˈbærɪkeɪd/, /ˌbærɪˈkeɪd/
/ˈbærɪkeɪd/
- a line of objects placed across a road, etc. to stop people from getting past
路障；街垒 - The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up.
警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。 - a barricade made of doors, chairs and broken tables
由门、椅子和破桌子组成的路障
Extra Examples- Students built a barricade against the police.
学生搭起路障对抗警察。 - The army used tanks to storm the barricades.
军队使用坦克冲击路障。 - The protesters formed a human barricade.
抗议者筑成了一道人墙。 - The two sides watched each other over the barricades.
双方隔着路障互相监视。 - There were six miners manning the barricades.
有6名地雷工兵守着防御工事。 - They constructed a barricade across the main road.
他们在主干道上筑起了路障。 - They built a barricade of wooden benches.
他们用木凳搭建了路障。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- human
- police
- makeshift
- …
- build
- construct
- erect
- …
- behind a/the barricade
- over a/the barricade
- barricade across
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, from barrique ‘cask’, from Spanish barrica; related to barrel (barrels often being used to build barricades). - The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up.