bar /ｂɑ:/ I. n. ［c］ 1.条，杆，棒： a candy(chocolate) bar 方块糖（一块巧克力）；horizontal bar单杠；parallel bars 双杠；a bar of soap 一条肥皂 2.栅，栏；妨碍，障碍物： Near-sightedness is a bar to becoming a pilot. 近视眼是成为飞行员的一个障碍。Poverty is not always a bar to happiness. 贫困并非总是幸福的障碍。behind bars 蹲监，坐牢：He’s spent most of his life behind bars.他的大部分人生是在监牢里度过的。3.酒吧，(饮食)柜台： operate/run a quick-lunch bar 经营快餐馆；a cold-drink bar 冷饮柜台He opened a snack bar. 他开了一个快餐馆。‖II. vt. 1. 挡住(道路)：A high wall bars the way into his garden.一堵高墙挡住了进他花园的路。 2.不让，不准许 bar (sb.) (from) doing sth. 不让(某人)干某事：We bar playing cards for money. 我们不允许用纸牌赌钱。He has been bared from practicing medicine. 不允许他行医。