Tra từ bar - Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.bar¹ S1 W1 /bɑː $ bɑːr/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: barre]
1. PLACE TO DRINK IN
a) a place where alcoholic drinks are served ⇨ pub:
The hotel has a licensed bar.
a cocktail bar
b) British English one of the rooms inside a pub:
The public bar was crowded.
2. PLACE TO BUY DRINK a ↑counter where alcoholic drinks are served:
They stood at the bar.
3. a wine/coffee/snack etc bar a place where a particular kind of food or drink is served
4. a breakfast bar British English a place in your kitchen at home where you eat breakfast or a quick meal
5. BLOCK SHAPE a small block of solid material that is longer than it is wide:
a chocolate bar
a candy bar
bar of
a bar of soap
6. PIECE OF METAL/WOOD a length of metal or wood put across a door, window etc to keep it shut or to prevent people going in or out:
houses with bars across the windows
7. behind bars informal in prison:
Her killer was finally put behind bars.
8. MUSIC a group of notes and ↑rests, separated from other groups by vertical lines, into which a line of written music is divided:
a few bars of the song
9. bar to (doing) something written something that prevents you from achieving something that you want:
I could see no bar to our happiness.
10. the bar
a) British English the group of people who are ↑barristers
b) American English an organization consisting of lawyers
11. be called to the bar
a) British English to become a ↑barrister
b) American English to become a lawyer
12. ON COMPUTER SCREEN a long narrow shape along the sides or at the top of a computer screen, usually containing signs that you can ↑click on:
the main menu bar at the top of the screen
the toolbar ⇨ ↑scroll bar
13. IN SPORTS the long piece of wood or metal across the top of the goal in sports such as football:
The ball hit the bar.
14. PILE OF SAND/STONES a long pile of sand or stones under the water at the entrance to a ↑harbour
15. COLOUR/LIGHT a narrow band of colour or light
16. UNIFORMS a narrow band of metal or cloth worn on a military uniform to show rank
17. HEATER British English the part of an electric heater that provides heat and has a red light
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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 3)
types of bar
▪ a wine bar (=a bar selling mostly wine, in contrast to a pub) He asked her to meet him in a trendy wine bar.
▪ a coffee bar We met up in the student coffee bar.
▪ a sandwich/snack bar (=an informal restaurant or shop selling sandwiches/snacks) I usually get some lunch from the sandwich bar.
▪ a burger bar (=an informal restaurant selling burgers and fast food) The kids all hang out at the local burger bar.
▪ a juice bar (=a place selling fruit juices, usually freshly made) The leisure centre also has a restaurant and a juice bar.
▪ a sushi bar (=a bar or informal restaurant selling sushi) Have you tried that new sushi bar in town?
▪ a tapas bar (=a bar or informal restaurant serving small dishes of Spanish food) Madrid is full of great tapas bars.
▪ a salad bar (=a part of a restaurant where you can serve yourself to a range of salads ) When you’ve chosen your pizza, please help yourself from the salad bar.
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THESAURUS
▪ bar a place where people go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks: A man went into a bar and ordered a drink. | Let’s meet up in the hotel bar. | The city centre is full of wine bars and restaurants. | The club has a restaurant and a cocktail bar.
▪ pub a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served: Do you fancy going to the pub? | a country pub
▪ public house British English formal a pub: The fight took place outside a public house in the city centre.
▪ sb’s local informal a pub near where you live, especially one you often go to: The Red Lion’s my local.
▪ inn a small hotel or pub, especially an old one in the countryside – often used in the name of the hotel or pub: The Bull Inn dates back to the 15th century. | The hotel was once a 17th century coaching inn (=used by people travelling by coach and horses).
▪ gastropub a pub that is known to serve very good food: a gastropub with a riverside restaurant | the Windmill Gastropub
▪ tavern British English a pub in the past where you could also stay the night – used nowadays in the names of some pubs: the Turf Tavern | Marlowe was killed in a fight in a tavern.
▪ watering hole informal a bar, pub etc where people drink alcohol – often used humorously. A watering hole is also the name for a place where wild animals go to drink: The bar became a popular watering hole for journalists. | What’s your favorite watering hole?
▪ dive informal a bar, club etc that is cheap and dirty: The place is a bit of dive.
▪ honky-tonk American English informal a cheap bar where country music is played: They played in every honky-tonk in Tennessee.
▪ saloon a bar in the western United States. Also used in Britain about the part of a pub which has comfortable chairs where you can sit and relax: I felt like a cowboy walking into a saloon in the Wild West. | Do you want to stay in the saloon, or would rather go into the other bar?
people who work in a bar
▪ barman especially British English a man who serves drinks in a bar: A big Irish barman pulled me a pint of beer.
▪ barmaid British English a woman who serves drinks in a bar: I was working in the evenings as a barmaid.
▪ bartender especially American English someone who makes, pours, and serves drinks in a bar or restaurant: The bartender gave him his change.
▪ bar staff the people serving drinks or food in a bar or pub: The local pub is advertising for bar staff.
▪ landlord British English a man who owns or manages a pub: He became violent and the landlord asked him to leave.
II.bar² BrE AmE verb (past tense and past participle barred, present participle barring) [transitive]
1. to officially prevent someone from entering a place or from doing something
bar somebody from (doing) something
They seized his passport and barred him from leaving the country.
2. to prevent people from going somewhere by placing something in their way:
She ran back, but Francis barred her way.
A locked gate barred my entrance to the wood.
3. (also bar up) to shut a door or window using a bar or piece of wood so that people cannot get in or out
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THESAURUS
▪ forbid to tell someone in a very strong way that they must not do something or that something is not allowed: His doctor had strictly forbidden him to drink alcohol. | It is forbidden to say such things.
▪ not allow to say that someone must not do or have something, and stop them doing or having it: The company does not allow smoking inside the building. | Mobile phones are not allowed in school.
▪ not let [not in passive] to not allow someone to do something. Not let is more informal than not allow: My parents won’t let me stay out later than 11 o'clock.
▪ not permit [usually passive] if something is not permitted, a rule or law says that you must not do it. Not permit is more formal than not allow: Candidates are not permitted to use dictionaries in this examination. | Parking is not permitted here after 8 am.
▪ ban to say officially that people must not do or have something: Parliament decided to ban fox-hunting. | The book was banned in many countries.
▪ prohibit /prəˈhɪbət, prəˈhɪbɪt $ proʊ-/ to say officially that an action is illegal and make a law or rule about this: Acts of vandalism are prohibited.
▪ bar [usually passive] to not allow someone to enter a place or do something, especially by preventing it officially: Foreign journalists were barred from entering the country.
▪ proscribe formal to say officially that people are not allowed to do something: The law proscribes discrimination in the workplace.
III.bar³ BrE AmE preposition
1. except:
We had recorded the whole album, bar one track.
2. bar none used to emphasize that someone is the best of a particular group:
He’s the most talented actor in the country, bar none.
⇨ ↑barring

barhu

◎	[bɑ:]
※	danh từ
	■	barơ (đơn vị áp suất)
※	danh từ
	■	thanh, thỏi
		☆	a bar of chocolate
			thanh sôcôla
		☆	a bar of gold
			thỏi vàng
		☆	a bar of soap
			một bánh xà phòng
	■	chấn song; then chắn (cửa)
		☆	behind bars
			sau chấn song, trong tù
	■	vật ngáng; cái ngáng đường (để thu thuế)
	■	cồn cát ngầm (ở cửa sông hay hải cảng)
	■	vạch ngang (ở trên huy chương)
	■	vạch đường kẻ
		☆	there was a bar of red across the western sky
			có một vạch sáng đỏ trên trời về phía tây
	■	(âm nhạc) gạch nhịp; nhịp
	■	(kỹ thuật) thanh, cần
	■	(thể dục,thể thao) xà
		☆	bars
			xà kép
	■	(pháp lý) sự kháng biện
	■	(pháp lý) vành móng ngựa, toà
		☆	to be tried at the bar
			bị xử tại toà
		☆	the bar of public opinion
			toà án dư luận
	■	(the bar) nghề luật sư
		☆	to be called to the bar; to go to the bar
			trở thành luật sư
		☆	to read for the bar
			học luật (để ra làm luật sư)
	■	quầy bán rượu
	■	sự trở ngại, sự cản trở (về tinh thần)
※	ngoại động từ
	■	cài, then (cửa)
	■	chặn (đường...), ngăn cản
	■	vạch đường kẻ
	■	cấm, cấm chỉ
	■	(từ lóng) ghét, không ưa (một người, một thói quen)
	■	(pháp lý) kháng biện
	〆	to bar in
		✓	chặn (cửa) không cho ra
	〆	to bar out
		✓	chặn (cửa) không cho vào
※	giới từ
	■	trừ, trừ ra
		☆	bar unforeseen circumstances
			trừ những trường hợp bất thường
		☆	bar one
			trừ một
		☆	bar none
			không trừ một ai