barrage

• n. 弹幕；阻塞；齐射式攻击；[水利] 拦河坝
• vt. 以密集炮火进攻
• vi. 以密集火力阻击
• n. (Barrage)人名；(阿拉伯)巴拉杰

词源同bar, 杆，棍，原指用杆棍搭建的拦河坝，阻挡洪水，火力网是后来义。

barrage

barrage: see bar

barrage (n.)

1859, "action of barring; man-made barrier in a stream," from French barrer "to stop," from barre "bar," from Old French barre (see bar (n.1)). Artillery sense is 1916, from World War I French phrase tir de barrage "barrier fire" intended to isolate the objective. As a verb by 1917. Related: Barraged; barraging.

1. The council is standing firm against the barrage of protest.

委员会面对接二连三的抗议拒不让步。

来自柯林斯例句

2. This sounds like a barrage of accusation—I don'tintend it to be.

这听起来像是接二连三的指责——这并非我的本意。

来自柯林斯例句

3. A barrage would halt the flow upstream and lift the water level.

一道拦河坝将会在上游拦住水流，抬升水位。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The attack jumped off under cover of a barrage.

进攻在炮火的掩护下开始了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The film star faced a barrage of criticism for his behaviour.

那个影星因自己的行为而惹来接二连三的批评.

来自《简明英汉词典》