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单词 barrage
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barrage
noun
uk
/ˈbær.ɑːʒ/us
/bəˈrɑːʒ/

barragenoun(ATTACK)

[Cusually singular]
theactionofcontinuouslyfiringlargegunstoprotectsoldiersadvancingon anenemy:
掩护炮火，阻击火网
anartillerybarrage炮火掩护
a barrage ofsomething
agreatnumberofcomplaints,criticisms, orquestionssuddenlydirectedat someone:
连珠炮一样的（投诉、批评或质问），接二连三的…
The TVstationhasreceiveda barrage ofcomplaintsabout theamountofviolencein theseries.电视台接到了一连串的投诉，批评电视剧中的暴力镜头太多。
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Detonation & bombardment
  • air raid
  • airstrike
  • blanket bombing
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • direct hit
  • dive-bomb
  • drone strike
  • firebomb
  • firebombing
  • go off
  • mine
  • prime
  • saturation bombing
  • shelling
  • shoot
  • shootsomethingdown
  • shooting
  • strafe
  • strike
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barragenoun(STRUCTURE)

[C]
astructurethat isbuiltacrossarivertoprovidewaterforfarming, toproduceelectricity, or toallowboatstotravelmoreeasily:
堰；拦河坝；拦潮坝
Theproposedtidalbarrage wouldgenerateenoughelectricitytosupply80,000homes.提议修筑的拦潮坝发电量将足够8万户家庭使用。
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Watercourses & waterfalls
  • amazon
  • arroyo
  • beck
  • bourne
  • brook
  • burn
  • cascade
  • cataract
  • Euphrates
  • fluvial
  • fordable
  • gulch
  • maelstrom
  • plunge pool
  • rapids
  • rill
  • riverbed
  • riverine
  • runnel
  • waterway
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(Definition ofbarragefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

barrage| American Dictionary

barrage
noun[Cusually sing]
us
/bəˈrɑʒ,-ˈrɑdʒ/
acontinuousfiringoflargeguns,esp. toprotectsoldiersadvancingon anenemy:
anartillerybarrage
A barrage is also agreatnumberofcomplaints,criticisms, orquestionssuddenlydirectedat someone:
Morrisfiredoff a barrage ofquestionsabout Halperin’spolitics.
(Definition ofbarragefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The campaign to implement the scheme has been going on for 20 years and it has nothing to do with the barrages.
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I should also like to know how many are required for the balloon barrages.
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We bad a special telephone service and listening posts, and two or three barrages of searchlights.
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We could also conserve water by incorporating barrages.
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I think this is sufficient explanation of the fact that we take to barrages after those countries.
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The generation of electricity at tidal barrages is one possibility, but the environmental implications must clearly be fully explored before any decisions are taken.
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I can well understand the need for protecting the general public against minefields, or balloon barrages.
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Barrages are very much in vogue at present.
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Tidal barrages create huge environmental problems: silt settles and fish die when the energy is taken out of waves.
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They have been continuously barraged by financial constraint.
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Our proposals will enable parents to make their own judgments without being barraged with a lot of sociological gobbledegook.
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There may be a very good environmental justification for some barrages.
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There is a great deal of nonsense in this attraction of barrages to urban developers.
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Feasibility studies of major barrages are currently under way.
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I realise that not all barrages fall into that category although some of course do.
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