Apedia

Barrier Green Movement Block Wall Monster Bæriər Sahara

Front barrier
Pron ['bæriər]
Back 【BARRIER】
The Sahara desert is a natural barrier that separates Northern and Central Africa.
撒哈拉沙漠是分隔北非和中非的天然屏障。
【重点词汇】
barrier n. 障碍 同: hindrance
Vocab
barriera structure or object that impedes free movement

Barriers are walls, either physical or metaphorical. They can block movement — the Great Wall of China was a barrier to block invading forces from entering. A window shade is a light barrier. Failing English is a barrier to getting into Harvard.

When people are being excluded from joining a clique, you could say that the clique has erected a social barrier. When fighter jets fly faster than the speed of sound, they break through what feels like a wall in the sky called the sound barrier. The Green Monster at Fenway Park keeps Boston Red Sox fans from being able to watch games from outside the stadium — it's a barrier to sight. But when line drives hit the Green Monster, bouncing the ball back into left field, the Green Monster acts also a barrier to easy home runs.

All forms of 'barrier' will appear on average once every 328 pages.
barrier

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Code set laws secret 重点词汇 n 法规 同

Previous card: Banish vanish word ban bænɪʃ england banished criminals

Up to card list: 刘毅突破词汇5000