词组 | bar |
释义 | bar 1. adjective a 'minus' attached to a grade US, 1968 2. noun 1 a pound. Directly from Romany bar, ultimately Romany bauro (heavy or big); usually in the phrase 'half a bar' (until decimalisation in 1971: ten shillings; post-decimalisation: 50p) although inflation seems to have had an effect UK, 1911. 2 one million dollars US, 1997. 3 a package of heroin US, 1978. 4 a block of cannabis resin weighing approximately a kilogram US, 1967. 5 used as a name for any variable object US, 1983. 6 an erection. Especially used in the form 'have a bar' UK, 1961.► not stand a bar of; not have a bar ofto detest, deny or reject someone or something, to be unable to tolerate someone or something AUSTRALIA, 1933 3. preposition in betting, used for indicating the number of horses excluded from the offered odds UK, 1860 4. verb 1 (especially in Queensland) to claim something as your right; to reserve something AUSTRALIA, 1971. 2 to give somebody a ride on the bars or your bicycle NEW ZEALAND, 1959
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