puts you to sleep. There
are several types of barbiturate.
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Barbour™ /’ba:ba(r); NAmE 'bairbar/ noun a type
of coat, usually dark green, made of special cotton with wax on it that protects against
rain and wind QfSMM
'bar chart (also 'bar graph) noun a
diagram which uses narrow bands of different heights to show different amounts,
so that they can be compared ( 17ft[§]
MffcfcfcS ) —picture £> chart 'bar code noun a pattern of thick and
thin lines that is printed on things you buy. It contains information that a
computer can read. it#
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bard /ba:d; NAmE ba:rd/
noun (literary) a person who writes
poems i# A bare /bea(r); NAmE her I adj., verb
a adj. (barer,
bar-est) 1 not covered by any clothes ft |$:
She likes to walk around in bare feet. MU 4o — see also barefoot
2 (of trees or countryside if)
not covered with leaves;
without plants or trees ( ( ±i& )
the bare branches of winter trees 4?- AM fEft % %
W $ T o a bare mountainside ft % % W lil 3 (of surfaces ^ ffi) not
covered with or protected by anything 2E i® M #J ; ft W : bare wooden
floorboards o Bare wires were sticking
out of the cable. ftgj&Sf
ft 7 W^o 0 The walls were bare except for a clock. J&±B£7'—Rfiffft 4 (of a
room, cupboard, etc. J??|bK M 7 ft) empty 7 (ft: The
fiidge was completely bare, ftftff JiftA -tk'&ft 0 0 bare
shelves 7 M Eft ^ 7 5 [only before noun] just enough; the most basic or simple
{%!$$); ft® A(ft; ftfaj-ft (ft: The family was short of even the bare necessities of life.
iP^A£M&ftft&E$(ft£?£0rflSo
0 We only had the bare
essentials in the way of equipment. fH JR ft ft ® A (fti^® „ b He did the bare
minimum of work but still passed the exam. jfoR&JftftftjXA,
£P{J5$iIiiT% i^0 o She gave me only the bare facts of the case.
MH *n 0 It was the barest
hint of a smile. ft/lftftSf—■=>
note
at naked, plain ► bareness noun [U] FTO71 the bare 'bones (of
sth) the
basic facts MU: the bare
bones of the story ^ ® M with your bare
'hands without
weapons or tools ft 7 ^ ft : He was
capable of killing a man with
his bare hands. f&Jfcft7# fillip A ii'op
o lay
sth 'bare (formal) to show sth that was
covered or to make sth known that was secret H % ; $§ g| ; Every
aspect of their private lives has been laid bare. (ft % ft & £ ® 8§ ft77
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verb [VN] to remove the
covering from sth, especially from part of the body MJf; (
AM ) : She was
paid several thousand
dollars to bare all (= take all her clothes off) for the
magazine. ffl
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fETTCl bare your 'soul (to sb) to tell sb your deepest and most private
feelings ( ift^A ) fiftf 7'Jtl, bare your 'teeth to show your teeth in
an aggressive and
threatening way ( 1ft ) M ft ^1 nf: The
dog bared its teeth and growled. $P ft7jfetft ^'J
bare-back /'beabsek; NAmE 'berb-/
adj., adv. on a horse without a saddle ( 9$ S, ) ft S, |ic (ft : a bareback
rider ftMjS^lft^ft o riding
bareback ftM®$c^® bare-faced /'beafeist; NAmE 'berf-/ adj. [only before noun] (disapproving) showing that you do
not care about offending sb or about behaving badly y&
#S(ft; ®l#(ft 3121 bald-faced, blatant: a barefaced lie Alii (ft il W o barefaced
cheek bare foot /‘beafut; NAmE 'berf-/ (also less frequent barefooted) adj., adv. not wearing anything on your feet #P(ft: poor
children going barefoot in the street Air
bare head ed /.bee'hedid; NAmE ,ber‘h-/ adj., adv. not wearing anything
to cover your head AX ft 1$ AH (ft;
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