bar
noun [ C ] uk/bɑːr/ us/bɑːr/
(DRINKING PLACE)
A1 酒吧;酒吧的吧台
a place where drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, are sold and drunk, or the area in such a place where the person serving the drinks stands
They noticed him going into the hotel bar. 他们看见他进了宾馆酒吧间。
There weren't any free tables, so I sat at the bar. 没有空桌子了，我只好坐在吧台旁。
Why don't you ask the guy behind the bar (= serving drinks there)? 你怎么不问一问吧台里的那个服务员？
- More examples
- As a general rule, we don't allow children in the bar.
- You'll find her in the bar almost every evening about six o'clock.
- The hotel bar is open to non-residents.
- She roamed around America for a year, working in bars and restaurants.
- She fell into a conversation with a man at the bar.
(LONG PIECE)
B2 铁栅栏
a long, thin, straight piece of metal or wood
The gorilla rattled the bars of its cage. 大猩猩把笼子的铁栅栏弄得吱嘎吱嘎响。
B1 条状物
a substance that has been made into a solid rectangular shape
a bar of soap 一块肥皂
a chocolate bar 一条巧克力棒
UK（电炉上的）供热电阻丝
The bar of an electric heater is a long, thin wire in the shape of a spring that is wrapped tightly around a tube. When electricity passes through it, it produces heat and red light.
- More examples
- He was chomping away on a bar of chocolate.
- Some maniac was running down the street waving a massive metal bar.
- a candy bar
- "Would you get me a bar of chocolate from the kitchen?" "Another one?!"
- Loop the rope over the bar.
(MUSIC)
(US also measure)（音乐的）小节;乐谱的小节线
one of the small equal parts into which a piece of music is divided, containing a fixed number of beats
Waltzes have three beats in/to the bar (= in each bar). 华尔兹每小节有3拍。
US (UK bar line)（乐谱的）小节线
a vertical line that divides one bar from another in a written piece of music
(ON UNIFORM)
US条纹，斑纹
a stripe
(PREVENTING)
C2 [ C usually singular ]阻碍某事发生或发展的东西
something that prevents a particular event or development from happening
A lack of formal education is no bar to becoming rich. 没有接受正规教育并不妨碍致富。
Idiom
behind barsidiom B2 在监狱里
in prison
He's spent most of his life behind bars. 他一生中大部分时间是在监狱里度过的。
bar
verb [ T ] uk/bɑːr/ us/bɑːr/ -rr-
(PREVENT)
阻挡，阻挠;防止，禁止
to prevent something or someone from doing something or going somewhere, or to not allow something
The centre of the town was barred to football supporters. 镇中心不准球迷进入。
The incident led to him being barred from the country/barred from entering the country. 这起事件导致他被禁止进入该国。
I tried to push past her but she barred my way/path (= stood in front of me and prevented me from getting past). 我试图从她旁边挤过去，但她还是挡住了我的去路。
(CLOSE)
闩上;使紧闭
to put bars across something, especially to keep it closed
We barred the door to stop anyone getting into the room. 我们闩上门以防有人进入房间。
bar
preposition formal uk/bɑːr/ us/bɑːr/
除…外
except
Everyone is leaving the village, bar the very old and ill. 除了年老体弱者，其他人都要离开村庄。
They're the best songwriters of this century, bar none (= no one else is better). 他们是本世纪最优秀的曲作者，无人能比。
Idiom
be (all) over bar the shoutingidiom UK 基本已成定局
If an activity is all over bar the shouting, the result of it is known, but it has not been officially finished or announced, so people can still say that a different result is possible.
With practically all the results declared, the Nationalist Party has 68 percent of the vote, so it's all over bar the shouting. 几乎所有的结果已宣布，国民党赢得了68%的选票，看来选举结果已成定局。