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ldoce_017_gbar1 /bɑː $ bɑːr/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable]  1  place to drink in 饮酒场所 a) DFDa place where alcoholic drinks are served 酒吧 → pub The hotel has a licensed bar. 宾馆里有一家有售酒许可证的酒吧。 a cocktail bar 鸡尾酒酒吧 b) British EnglishDFD one of the rooms inside a pub 〔酒馆里的〕酒吧间 The public bar was crowded. 大众酒吧间里人很多。 →5  See picture of wrapper 包装纸, a bar of chocolate 一条巧克力, a bar of soap 一块肥皂 ... →4  See picture on 见图 Page A11 Where to stay 住的地方2  place to buy drink 买酒的地方DFD a counter where alcoholic drinks are served 售酒柜台，吧台 They stood at the bar. 他们站在吧台旁边。3. a wine/coffee/snack etc bar DFa place where a particular kind of food or drink is served 酒吧/咖啡馆/小吃店等4. a breakfast bar British English a place in your kitchen at home where you eat breakfast or a quick meal 〔家庭厨房里的〕早餐台5  block shape 长条形CFD a small block of solid material that is longer than it is wide 块，条，棒，根 a chocolate bar 一条巧克力 a candy bar 一根糖果棒bar of a bar of soap 一块肥皂 →5 see picture at 见图 piece16  piece of metal/wood 金属/木头SHUT/CLOSEPREVENT a length of metal or wood put across a door, window etc to keep it shut or to prevent people going in or out 〔门、窗等的〕闩；铁栅；横木；阻碍物 houses with bars across the windows 窗户上钉有铁条的房屋► see thesaurus at piece7  behind bars informalSCJ in prison 在狱中，在牢里 Her killer was finally put behind bars. 杀害她的凶手终于被关进了监狱。8  music 音乐APM a group of notes and rests, separated from other groups by vertical lines, into which a line of written music is divided 〔乐曲中的〕小节 a few bars of the song 这首歌的几个小节9  bar to (doing) something writtenPREVENT something that prevents you from achieving something that you want （做）某事的障碍 I could see no bar to our happiness. 我不觉得我们的幸福有任何障碍。10  the bar a) British EnglishSCL the group of people who are barristers 〔有资格出庭处理诉讼案件的〕讼务律师，大律师〔总称〕 b) American EnglishSCL an organization consisting of lawyers 律师界，律师组织11  be called to the bar a) British EnglishSCL to become a barrister 取得大律师资格，成为大律师 b) American EnglishSCL to become a lawyer 取得律师资格，成为律师12  on computer screen 计算机屏幕上 a long narrow shape along the sides or at the top of a computer screen, usually containing signs that you can click on 〔计算机屏幕侧边或顶部可点击的〕功能条 the main menu bar at the top of the screen 屏幕上方的主菜单栏 the toolbar 工具条 → scroll bar13  in sports 体育运动中 the long piece of wood or metal across the top of the goal in sports such as football 球门横木[横梁] The ball hit the bar. 球打在球门的横梁上。14. pile of sand/stones 沙堆/石堆TTW a long pile of sand or stones under the water at the entrance to a harbour 〔港口入口处的〕沙洲，暗礁15. colour/light 颜色/光CCLIGHT a narrow band of colour or light 线条，条纹，带16. uniforms 制服PM a narrow band of metal or cloth worn on a military uniform to show rank 〔军服上的〕军阶杠，绶带17. heater 加热器DHTPE British English the part of an electric heater that provides heat and has a red light 〔电暖气的〕电热丝[棒]n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: types of bara wine bar (=a bar selling mostly wine, in contrast to a pub)He asked her to meet him in a trendy wine bar.a coffee barWe met up in the student coffee bar.a sandwich/snack bar (=an informal restaurant or shop selling sandwiches/snacks)I usually get some lunch from the sandwich bar.a burger bar (=an informal restaurant selling burgers and fast food)The kids all hang out at the local burger bar.a juice bar (=a place selling fruit juices, usually freshly made)The leisure centre also has a restaurant and a juice bar.a sushi bar (=a bar or informal restaurant selling sushi)Have you tried that new sushi bar in town?a tapas bar (=a bar or informal restaurant serving small dishes of Spanish food)Madrid is full of great tapas bars.a salad bar (=a part of a restaurant where you can serve yourself to a range of salads )When you’ve chosen your pizza, please help yourself from the salad bar.n THESAURUSbar a place where people go to buy and drink alcoholic drinksA man went into a bar and ordered a drink.Let’s meet up in the hotel bar.The city centre is full of wine bars and restaurants.The club has a restaurant and a cocktail bar.pub a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often servedDo you fancy going to the pub?a country pubpublic house British English formal a pubThe fight took place outside a public house in the city centre.somebody’s local informal a pub near where you live, especially one you often go toThe Red Lion’s my local.inn a small hotel or pub, especially an old one in the countryside – often used in the name of the hotel or pubThe Bull Inn dates back to the 15th century.The hotel was once a 17th century coaching inn (=used by people travelling by coach and horses).gastropub a pub that is known to serve very good fooda gastropub with a riverside restaurantthe Windmill Gastropubtavern British English a pub in the past where you could also stay the night – used nowadays in the names of some pubsthe Turf TavernMarlowe was killed in a fight in a tavern.watering hole informal a bar, pub etc where people drink alcohol – often used humorously. A watering hole is also the name for a place where wild animals go to drinkThe bar became a popular watering hole for journalists.What’s your favorite watering hole?dive informal a bar, club etc that is cheap and dirtyThe place is a bit of dive.honky-tonk American English informal a cheap bar where country music is playedThey played in every honky-tonk in Tennessee.saloon a bar in the western United States. Also used in Britain about the part of a pub which has comfortable chairs where you can sit and relaxI felt like a cowboy walking into a saloon in the Wild West.Do you want to stay in the saloon, or would rather go into the other bar?people who work in a barbarman especially British English a man who serves drinks in a barA big Irish barman pulled me a pint of beer.barmaid British English a woman who serves drinks in a barI was working in the evenings as a barmaid.bartender especially American English someone who makes, pours, and serves drinks in a bar or restaurantThe bartender gave him his change.bar staff the people serving drinks or food in a bar or pubThe local pub is advertising for bar staff.landlord British English a man who owns or manages a pubHe became violent and the landlord asked him to leave.

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bar• We go through so much soap in our family that I buy about 10 bars a month.• I used to buy a bar of chocolate every day and give half to my friend.• a candy bar• I helped him take the wrapper off his candy bar.• Fantasy: I stand in a crowded bar.• Some tanks had a cutter bar mounted in front to improve their ability to move through jungle.• They played a few bars, then stopped.• One efficient method of covering the roof is to combine twin wall Lexon Thermoclear sheeting with Twinfix aluminium structural glazing bar.• The gold bars were transported from the bank in an armored truck.• A lot of houses had bars across the windows.• the menu bar on your computer screen• Employees stayed late every night to drink from the open bar and banter about advertising concepts with their mentor.• One of the ships got stuck on a sand bar.• We went to a sports bar to watch the game and have a few beers.• Manningham perched on a black leather stool by a well-stocked bar with a large mirror behind it.• After high school, Medville found herself looking at a future on welfare or tending bar.• O'Keefe stood at the bar, drinking and watching the girls.• After repeatedly failing his examinations, he was eventually called to the bar in the Inner Temple.licensed bar• There is also a licensed bar and in the Riverview Lounge a variety of studio events, workshops and demonstrations take place.• There will be a licensed bar and hot supper.• Other facilities include air conditioned foyer, a licensed bar, shop and fast food servery.• The hotel has a licensed bar and a lift to all floors.• Attractions include over 100 trade stands, refreshment tents and licensed bars, caravan site and craft fair.• A fully licensed bar and restaurant with magnificent sea views can ensure a relaxed atmosphere.• Lift, licensed bar, entertainment weekly.chocolate bar• The older soldier presses a chocolate bar into my hand, then pushes me towards the crowd of waiting women.• Potato chips, fizzy drinks and chocolate bars are circulated.• Your average chocolate bar, far from being the energy snack advertisers would have you believe, is loaded with fat.• The topping was a melted chocolate bar, sprinkled with a handful of soggy peanuts.• Ilene Karp Boy: Did you hear about the new chocolate bar called Jaws?• A reified chocolate bar can also vary in quantity.• Philip held out the paper that the chocolate bar Lee had given him had been wrapped in.• The chocolate bars are on Big Mal if they start with three points.bar2 ●○○ verb (barred, barring) [transitive]  1  ENTERto officially prevent someone from entering a place or from doing something 阻止，禁止bar somebody from (doing) something They seized his passport and barred him from leaving the country. 他们没收了他的护照，禁止他出境。► see thesaurus at forbid2  PREVENTto prevent people from going somewhere by placing something in their way 阻挡，阻拦 She ran back, but Francis barred her way. 她往回跑，可是弗朗西斯拦住了她。 A locked gate barred my entrance to the wood. 上了锁的大门挡住了我进入树林的路。3. (also bar up)SHUT/CLOSE to shut a door or window using a bar or piece of wood so that people cannot get in or out 〔用铁条、木条等〕封，堵〔门、窗〕→ See Verb table

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bar• Some of the survivors said that one of the fire exits had been barred.• Sorry, you can't come into this club - you're barred.• The Court of Appeal held that even if there had been a right of rescission it was barred by lapse of time.• After telling a guard he wanted to look around, Morse was barred from entering.• The fans were barred from ever attending football matches in England again.• Even these companies are barred from selling to the domestic market.• They then barred him from watching Prisoner Cell Block H, before extending it to a total television ban.• Content Advisor, which provides a way to bar kids from unsavory Web sites.• In 1903 the New York School Board barred married women from teaching.• The court also ruled that no public policy bars men from fathering children posthumously.• She stood in the hall, barring my way.• The owner of the house had barred the back door.bar somebody from (doing) something• The law bars students from being on the streets during school hours and places penalties on both parents and students.• That would seem to bar lobbyists from buying any meals for House members or their aides.• Thus the question becomes: is there a compelling reason to bar homosexuals from marriage?• A 1990 federal law bars local governments from prohibiting late-night and early-morning departures at a new airport without Federal Aviation Administration approval.• Or a gold bar made from same.• In 1657 Crofton tried to bar him from the pulpit, as a heretic and troublemaker.• The height of each bar is read from the vertical axis.barred ... way• As they left the courtroom Ford tried to speak to Mitchum, but Geisler barred his way.• However, a locked gate barred the way.• Locked in a metaphysical conundrum, they both looked at the patch of road where the virtual pole barred the way.• The policeman they had spotted earlier directing the crowd barred their way.• But no one barred the way, no one waved, there was nothing across the road.• A wooden rail at waist height barred their way; they must be very close to the edge of the cliff.• He barred their way to the shores of the island.bar3 preposition  1  EXCEPTexcept 除了…以外 We had recorded the whole album, bar one track. 我们把整张专辑都录了下来，除了一首歌。2  bar none BESTused to emphasize that someone is the best of a particular group 无人可比〔用于强调〕 He’s the most talented actor in the country, bar none. 他是国内最有天分的演员，无人可比。 → barring

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bar• No work's been done in the office today, bar a little typing.• He died with no possessions bar a small piece of land in Ireland.• I get hardly any mail, bar the occasional postcard from my mother.nthe BarBar, the noun  n1  British English the profession of being a barrister, or the members of this profession He retired after 25 years at the Bar.n2  American English the profession of being a lawyer, or the members of this profession the State Bar of Californian3. American English infml the exam that you must take to become a lawyer4. be called to the Bar British English to become a barrister 取得大律师资格，成为大律师From Longman Business Dictionarybarbar1 /bɑːbɑːr/ verb (barred, barring) [transitive] to officially stop someone from doing something or from entering a placebar somebody from (doing) somethingHe has been barred from the securities and investment advisory business.Foreign investors would be barred from buying majority stakes.→ See Verb tablebarbar2 (also Bar) nounLAW1the bar British English the profession of a BARRISTER, or barristers in generalIn 1988, she was called to the bar (=became a barrister) and she now practises in London, specialising in criminal and family law.He has now passed his Bar Examination (=the examination you must pass in order to become a barrister).2the bar American English a word for the legal profession, used in the names of professional associations of lawyersthe New Jersey State Bar Association → see also American Bar AssociationOrigin bar1 (1100-1200) Old French barre

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Bar, the noun
1. British English the profession of being a barrister, or the members of this profession:
    He retired after 25 years at the Bar.
2. American English the profession of being a lawyer, or the members of this profession:
    the State Bar of California
3. American English informal the exam that you must take to become a lawyer
4. be called to the Bar British English to become a barrister

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bar¹ S1 W1 /bɑː $ bɑːr/ noun [countable]1.  PLACE TO DRINK IN
  a. a place where alcoholic drinks are served ⇨ pub:
    The hotel has a licensed bar.
    a cocktail bar
  b. British English one of the rooms inside a pub:
    The public bar was crowded.
2.  PLACE TO BUY DRINK a counter where alcoholic drinks are served:
    They stood at the bar.
3. a wine/coffee/snack etc bar a place where a particular kind of food or drink is served
4. a breakfast bar British English a place in your kitchen at home where you eat breakfast or a quick meal
5.  BLOCK SHAPE a small block of solid material that is longer than it is wide:
    a chocolate bar
    a candy bar
    bar of
    a bar of soap
6.  PIECE OF METAL/WOOD a length of metal or wood put across a door, window etc to keep it shut or to prevent people going in or out:
    houses with bars across the windows
7. behind bars informal in prison:
    Her killer was finally put behind bars.
8.  MUSIC a group of notes and rests, separated from other groups by vertical lines, into which a line of written music is divided:
    a few bars of the song
9. bar to (doing) something written something that prevents you from achieving something that you want:
    I could see no bar to our happiness.
10. the bar
  a. British English the group of people who are barristers
  b. American English an organization consisting of lawyers
11. be called to the bar
  a. British English to become a barrister
  b. American English to become a lawyer
12.  ON COMPUTER SCREEN a long narrow shape along the sides or at the top of a computer screen, usually containing signs that you can click on:
    the main menu bar at the top of the screen
    the toolbar ⇨ scroll bar
13.  IN SPORTS the long piece of wood or metal across the top of the goal in sports such as football:
    The ball hit the bar.
14.  PILE OF SAND/STONES a long pile of sand or stones under the water at the entrance to a harbour
15.  COLOUR/LIGHT a narrow band of colour or light
16.  UNIFORMS a narrow band of metal or cloth worn on a military uniform to show rank
17.  HEATER British English the part of an electric heater that provides heat and has a red light
     

COLLOCATIONS

(for Meaning 3)

■ types of bar
   ▪ a wine bar (=a bar selling mostly wine, in contrast to a pub) He asked her to meet him in a trendy wine bar.
   ▪ a coffee bar We met up in the student coffee bar.
   ▪ a sandwich/snack bar (=an informal restaurant or shop selling sandwiches/snacks) I usually get some lunch from the sandwich bar.
   ▪ a burger bar (=an informal restaurant selling burgers and fast food) The kids all hang out at the local burger bar.
   ▪ a juice bar (=a place selling fruit juices, usually freshly made) The leisure centre also has a restaurant and a juice bar.
   ▪ a sushi bar (=a bar or informal restaurant selling sushi) Have you tried that new sushi bar in town?
   ▪ a tapas bar (=a bar or informal restaurant serving small dishes of Spanish food) Madrid is full of great tapas bars.
   ▪ a salad bar (=a part of a restaurant where you can serve yourself to a range of salads ) When you’ve chosen your pizza, please help yourself from the salad bar.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ bar a place where people go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks: A man went into a bar and ordered a drink. | Let’s meet up in the hotel bar. | The city centre is full of wine bars and restaurants. | The club has a restaurant and a cocktail bar.
   ▪ pub a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served: Do you fancy going to the pub? | a country pub
   ▪ public house British English formal a pub: The fight took place outside a public house in the city centre.
   ▪ sb’s local informal a pub near where you live, especially one you often go to: The Red Lion’s my local.
   ▪ inn a small hotel or pub, especially an old one in the countryside – often used in the name of the hotel or pub: The Bull Inn dates back to the 15th century. | The hotel was once a 17th century coaching inn (=used by people travelling by coach and horses).
   ▪ gastropub a pub that is known to serve very good food: a gastropub with a riverside restaurant | the Windmill Gastropub
   ▪ tavern British English a pub in the past where you could also stay the night – used nowadays in the names of some pubs: the Turf Tavern | Marlowe was killed in a fight in a tavern.
   ▪ watering hole informal a bar, pub etc where people drink alcohol – often used humorously. A watering hole is also the name for a place where wild animals go to drink: The bar became a popular watering hole for journalists. | What’s your favorite watering hole?
   ▪ dive informal a bar, club etc that is cheap and dirty: The place is a bit of dive.
   ▪ honky-tonk American English informal a cheap bar where country music is played: They played in every honky-tonk in Tennessee.
   ▪ saloon a bar in the western United States. Also used in Britain about the part of a pub which has comfortable chairs where you can sit and relax: I felt like a cowboy walking into a saloon in the Wild West. | Do you want to stay in the saloon, or would rather go into the other bar?
■ people who work in a bar
   ▪ barman especially British English a man who serves drinks in a bar: A big Irish barman pulled me a pint of beer.
   ▪ barmaid British English a woman who serves drinks in a bar: I was working in the evenings as a barmaid.
   ▪ bartender especially American English someone who makes, pours, and serves drinks in a bar or restaurant: The bartender gave him his change.
   ▪ bar staff the people serving drinks or food in a bar or pub: The local pub is advertising for bar staff.
   ▪ landlord British English a man who owns or manages a pub: He became violent and the landlord asked him to leave.

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bar² verb (past tense and past participle barred, present participle barring) [transitive]
1. to officially prevent someone from entering a place or from doing something
    bar somebody from (doing) something
    They seized his passport and barred him from leaving the country.
2. to prevent people from going somewhere by placing something in their way:
    She ran back, but Francis barred her way.
    A locked gate barred my entrance to the wood.
3. (also bar up) to shut a door or window using a bar or piece of wood so that people cannot get in or out
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ forbid to tell someone in a very strong way that they must not do something or that something is not allowed: His doctor had strictly forbidden him to drink alcohol. | It is forbidden to say such things.
   ▪ not allow to say that someone must not do or have something, and stop them doing or having it: The company does not allow smoking inside the building. | Mobile phones are not allowed in school.
   ▪ not let [not in passive] to not allow someone to do something. Not let is more informal than not allow: My parents won’t let me stay out later than 11 o'clock.
   ▪ not permit [usually passive] if something is not permitted, a rule or law says that you must not do it. Not permit is more formal than not allow: Candidates are not permitted to use dictionaries in this examination. | Parking is not permitted here after 8 am.
   ▪ ban to say officially that people must not do or have something: Parliament decided to ban fox-hunting. | The book was banned in many countries.
   ▪ prohibit /prəˈhɪbət, prəˈhɪbɪt $ proʊ-/ to say officially that an action is illegal and make a law or rule about this: Acts of vandalism are prohibited.
   ▪ bar [usually passive] to not allow someone to enter a place or do something, especially by preventing it officially: Foreign journalists were barred from entering the country.
   ▪ proscribe formal to say officially that people are not allowed to do something: The law proscribes discrimination in the workplace.

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bar³ preposition
1. except:
    We had recorded the whole album, bar one track.
2. bar none used to emphasize that someone is the best of a particular group:
    He’s the most talented actor in the country, bar none.
⇨ barring