barricade

1. N-COUNT A barricade is a line of vehicles or other objects placed across a road or open space to stop people from getting past, for example, during street fighting or as a protest. 街垒; 路障

Large areas of the city have been closed off by barricades set up by the demonstrators. 城里的大部分地区都被示威者设置的路障给封锁了。

2. V-T If you barricade something such as a road or an entrance, you place a barricade or barrier across it, usually to stop someone from getting in. 在…设路障

The rioters barricaded streets with piles of blazing tyres. 闹事者用成堆燃烧着的轮胎挡住了街道。

3. V-T If you barricade yourself inside a room or building, you place barriers across the door or entrance so that other people cannot get in. 把…堵在

The students have barricaded themselves into their dormitory building. 学生们将自己堵在宿舍楼里。