barricade

• n. 街壘；路障；爭論之處
• vt. 設路障；阻礙

詞源同barrel, 桶。該詞來自於巴黎1588年的一次Huguenot 暴動，大量的桶裝滿泥土，沙石等堆放在馬路中間，堵塞主幹道。而具體創造出該方法之人已不可考。

barricade

barricade: [17] 12 May 1588 was known as la journée des barricades ‘the day of the barricades’, because in the course of disturbances in Paris during the Huguenot wars, large barrels (French barriques) filled with earth, cobblestones, etc were hauled into the street on that day to form barricades – and the term has stuck ever since. Barrique itself was borrowed from Spanish barrica ‘cask’, which was formed from the same stem as that from which English gets barrel [14]. It has been speculated that this was Vulgar Latin *barra ‘bar’, on the basis that barrels are made of ‘bars’ or ‘staves’.
=> bar, barrel

barricade (v.)

1590s, from Middle French barricader "to barricade" (1550s), from barrique "barrel," from Spanish barrica "barrel," from baril (see barrel). Revolutionary associations began during 1588 Huguenot riots in Paris, when large barrels filled with earth and stones were set up in the streets. Related: Barricaded; barricading.

barricade (n.)

1640s, from barricade (v.). Earlier was barricado (1580s) with false Spanish ending (see -ado).

1. The soldiers make a barricade across the road.

士兵在路上設路障.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. One armoured column attempted to blast a path through a barricade of buses and trucks.

一個武裝縱隊試圖從公交車和卡車組成的路障中間炸出一條通道來。

來自柯林斯例句

3. They turned the barricade into a potential death trap by connecting it up to the mains.

他們給路障接上電源，讓它變成了一個潛在的死亡陷阱。

來自柯林斯例句

4. A fearful detonation burst forth on the barricade.

街壘傳來一陣駭人的爆炸聲。

來自辭典例句

5. The man and boy then start to pile up a barricade.

這時他和孩子開始堆放防護垛.

來自辭典例句