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- a concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area火力网, 弹幕。
1.1
- figurative an overwhelming number of questions, criticisms, or complaints delivered simultaneously or in rapid succession〈喻〉一连串的问题(或指责、抱怨); 齐射式的攻击:
a barrage of questions.
一连串的问题。
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- Brit. an artificial barrier, typically across a river, to prevent flooding, aid irrigation or navigation, or to generate electricity by tidal power〈英〉水坝, 拦河坝。
with obj.(一般作be barraged)
- bombard (someone) with questions, criticisms, or complaints连续对(某人)发问(或指责, 抱怨):
his doctor was barraged with unsolicited advice.
一时间大家纷纷主动向他的医生提出建议。
词源
mid 19th cent. (in sense 2): from French, from barrer 'to bar', of unknown origin.