Category: btwords

barricade

barrier （障碍）+ cade (建筑) = v.设栅阻挡；n.栅栏

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.

barefaced

bare (暴露) + faced (脸皮) = 暴露脸皮，撕破脸皮 = (厚颜)无耻的；蛮横无礼的

shameless 厚顔无耻的，不要脸的

a barefaced lie 无耻的谎言

It’s barefaced robbery asking such a high price for that old bicycle ! 那辆旧自行车要价如此之高真是无耻的敲诈。

bare

这个单词我怀疑是四级单词，不知道怎么出现在这里了。

使赤裸裸，使露出 to bare one’s arms

使公开；暴露，揭露；透露 The author bared his heart to the world. 作家向全世界敞开他的心扉。

把(刀或剑)拔出鞘：She bared her sword.她拔剑出鞘。

bard

巴黎圣母院里有个诗人，他的结局可能是最好的了，他像bird一样，来去自由。他就是吟游诗人。据说莎士比亚有个别称就是 The bard. 像中国的笔名么？

barrage

bar + rage (狂怒的) = 这个单词的意思在（军事上）有弹幕的意思。也有(言词等)连珠炮似的猛攻，齐射式的攻击，炮轰的意思。

不知道bilibili网站上的弹幕是怎么翻译的。

A barrage is continuous firing on an area with large guns and tanks. 连续的炮火

The two fighters were driven off by a barrage of anti-aircraft fire. 两架战斗机被防空火力网逼退。

A large number of sth, such as questions or comments, that are directed at sb very quickly, six after the other, often in an aggressive way. 接二连三的一大堆质问

a barrage of questions/criticisms / complaints 连珠炮似的问题/批评/抱怨

barbecue

barbecue， 其实我们经常说的BBQ烤肉就是barbecue的缩写。

an outdoor meal or party when food is cooked in this way. 烧烤野餐

Let’s have a barbecue. 我们来一次户外烤肉吧！

archetype

这个词和prototype是一个意思，原型的意思。

An archetype is something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing because it has all their most important characteristics. 典型，代表

He came to this country 20 years ago and is the archetype of the successful Asian businessman. 他20年前来到这个国家，是成功的亚裔商人的典范。

atrophy

a(没有) + trophy (营养) = 没有营养肯定就萎缩，衰退了

An ability may atrophy if it is not used. 一种能力如不加以使用将会减退。

Constant pressure atrophies the mind. 不断的压力将使心志衰退。

baroque

音译为巴洛克，也就是常说的与包豪斯相对应的风格，比较奢华。

used to describe European architecture, art and music of the 17th and early 18th centuries that has a grand and highly decorated style. 巴罗克风格的(17 至 18 世纪早期流行于欧洲,气势雄伟、装饰华丽的特色反映在建筑、绘画和音乐等艺术上)

baroque churches / music 巴洛克风格的教堂/音乐

aloof

a + loof (撸夫) = 肯定是比较冷淡的，被人疏远的才撸夫 🙂

not friendly or interested in other people. 冷漠，冷淡

The Emperor kept himself aloof from the people. 这个皇帝对人民漠不关心。

The Government is keeping aloof from the controversy…政府对争论保持置身事外的态度

She had an air of aloofness about her. 她给人一种冷冰冰的感觉。