blockade

blockade
noun
  1. an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
    封锁
    they voted to lift the blockade of major railway junctions.
    他们投票决定解除对主要铁路枢纽站的封锁。
    ■a person or thing that prevents access or progress
    起阻碍作用的人（或物），障碍
    trucks stuck in the lorry blockade.
    卡车被货车专用路障卡住了。
    ■an obstruction of a physiological or mental function, especially of a biochemical receptor
    （生理或心理功能，尤指生化受体的）阻滞，阻塞
verb
  1. [with obj.]seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
    封锁（某地）
常用词组
run a blockade
  1. (of a ship) manage to enter or leave a blockaded port
    （船只）设法驶入（或驶出）被封锁的港口
派生
blockader
noun
语源
  1. late 17th cent.: from block + -ade,probably influenced by ambuscade
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