barred
  遮斷式干擾
  barred
  遮斷 禁止 受阻
  Bar v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barred (bärd); p. pr. & vb. n. Barring.]
  1. To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
  2. To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up.
     He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon.   --Hawthorne.
  3. To except; to exclude by exception.
  Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me
  By what we do to-night.   --Shak.
  4. To cross with one or more stripes or lines.
     For the sake of distinguishing the feet more clearly, I have barred them singly.   --Burney.
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  bar
       n 1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served
            over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at
            the bar" [syn: barroom, saloon, ginmill, taproom]
       2: a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a
          hot dog and a coke at the bar"
       3: a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening
          or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows
          to prevent escape"
       4: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
          "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
          [syn: measure]
       5: an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal;
          "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
       6: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving";
          "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of
          influenza" [syn: prevention]
       7: (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes
          per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have
          used bar for one dyne per square centimeter"
       8: a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along
          a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the
          river"
       9: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a
          particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in
          New Jersey" [syn: legal profession, legal community]
       10: a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of
           chocolate" [syn: cake]
       11: a portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated
           by gas pressure; used by United States troops in World
           War I and in World War II and in the Korean War [syn: Browning
           automatic rifle]
       12: a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as
           they perform exercises
       13: a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire
           with three bars"
       14: (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom
           where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried;
           "spectators were not allowed past the bar"
       v 1: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from
            membership in the club" [syn: debar, exclude]
       2: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade
          the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: barricade, block,
           blockade, stop, block off, block up]
       3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
          own country" [syn: banish, relegate]
       4: secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" [ant:
           unbar]
       [also: barring, barred]
  barred
       adj 1: firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and
              doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the
              house properly secured" [syn: bolted, fast, latched,
               locked, secured]
       2: preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a
          barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded harbor"
          [syn: barricaded, blockaded]