| 词汇 | barbed-wire |
| 释义 | barbed wire noun[ U ] uk /ˌbɑːbd ˈwaɪər/ us /ˌbɑːrbd ˈwaɪr/ a type of strong wire with sharp points on it, used to prevent people or animals from entering or leaving a place, especially a field: 带刺铁丝网 a barbed wire fence带刺铁丝栅栏 Lalith_Herath/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Parts of buildings: fences & rails balustrade banister bannister barricade barrier chain-link fence crush barrier fence something in fence something off fencing finial gated handrail hoarding Jersey barrier paling palisade picket fence shark fence windbreak barbed wire | American Dictionarybarbed wire noun[ U ] us/ˈbɑrbd ˈwɑɪər, ˈbɑb-/ a type of strong wire with sharp points on it, used to prevent people or animals from entering or leaving a place Examples of barbed wirebarbed wire The cattle of the two herds were separated by a barbedwire fence, and thus direct nose-to-nose contacts were possible. The fact that hedges were usually made of hawthorn, a form of organic barbedwire, takes on an added significance here. To the right of the barbedwire is an identical camp. On the other hand, purchased materials, such as barbedwire, poles, and bamboo, are used in some private plantations. Acting as an organic barbedwire, the hedge was increasingly put to work to protect the lands of the powerful. The lowest strand of barbedwire was low enough to block peccaries, but high enough to allow smaller seed predators to enter. Three strands of barbedwire, the lowest set at 25 cm above the ground, were used for each exclosure. He walks over to a charred tree, the branches of which have grown barbedwire. Three lines (at 40, 60 and 80 m from the ground) of barbedwire attached to the trap protected the seeds from predation by cattle. Clearly, there was barbedwire and constraints on the internees' freedom but there was also a high degree of selfgovernment within the camp. The project farmers were provided with seed to establish the new pastures, barbedwire to fence them o and technical assistance in pasture establishment. The place has been fortified undoubtedly, but living in barbed-wire entanglements means sheltering behind barbed wires, and that is a most fantastical idea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Except for derelict huts and bashas, the camps were little more than barbedwire enclosures in which wild beasts might have been herded together. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is caught in the barbedwire which he himself helped to set up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The barbedwire would be necessary to prevent animals from pushing it over. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of barbed wire These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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