Слово англійською: bar
Іменник
Переклад bar українською: брусо́к, прут (па́лиця і т. д.), лози́на, бато́нчик (мю́слі), пли́тка (шокола́ду і т. д.), бар, паб, тракти́р, сті́йка (ба́рна і т. д.), пивна́, бар (примі́щення в рестора́ні, де мо́жна купи́ти та пи́ти алкого́ль і т. д.), пане́ль (на екра́ні комп'ю́тера), такт (музи́чний)
Детальний опис
for drinks/food
- [countable] a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic and other drinks
- We arranged to meet in a bar called the Flamingo.
- The area is full of restaurants and bars.
- The bar staff are very friendly.
- It's the island’s only licensed bar (= one that is allowed to sell alcoholic drinks).
- (British English) I found David in the bar of the Red Lion (= a room in a pub where drinks are served).
see also barroom, lounge bar, minibar, public bar, saloon bar
- [countable] (especially in compounds) a place in which a particular kind of food or drink is the main thing that is served
- a sushi bar
- The hotel has a cocktail bar on the top floor.
see also coffee bar, oxygen bar, raw bar, salad bar, snack bar, wine bar
- [countable] a long wide wooden surface where drinks, etc. are served
- at the bar She was sitting at the bar.
- behind the bar He spent the summer working behind the bar at the local pub.
- It was so crowded I couldn't get to the bar.
see also wet bar of chocolate/soap
- [countable] a piece of something with straight sides
- a bar of chocolate/soap
- a chocolate bar
- (North American English) a candy bar
Vocabulary Building A bar of …A bar of …If you want to describe a whole unit of a particular substance, or a group of things that are normally together, for example when you buy them, there are different words to use.- a bar of soap/chocolate; a candy bar
- a block of ice/stone/wood
- a bolt/roll/length of fabric
- an ice/a sugar cube
- a loaf of bread
- a roll of film/carpet
- a slab of marble/concrete
- a stick of gum
- a bunch of bananas/grapes
- a bunch/bouquet of flowers
- a bundle of sticks
- a set/bunch of keys
- a set of chairs/glasses/clothes/guitar strings
see also energy bar, Nanaimo bar of metal/wood
- [countable] a long straight piece of metal or wood. Bars are often used to stop somebody from getting through a space.
- He smashed the window with an iron bar.
- The room was small, with bars on the windows.
- The windows at street level were fitted with bars.
- a five-bar gate (= one made with five horizontal bars of wood)
see also bull bars, monkey bars, roll bar, space bar, tow bar in computing
- a long narrow area at the edge of a computer screen that contains links or pull-down menus or displays information about the website or program that you are using see also address bar, menu bar, navigation bar, scroll bar, taskbar, title bar, toolbar
in sports
the bar
[singular] the crossbar of a goal
of colour/light
- [countable] a band of colour or light
- Bars of sunlight slanted down from the tall narrow windows.
that prevents something
- [countable, usually singular] bar (to something) a thing that stops somebody from doing something
- At that time being a woman was a bar to promotion in most professions.
see also colour bar in music
- (British English)
(North American English also measure)
[countable] one of the short sections of equal length that a piece of music is divided into, and the notes that are in it- four beats to the bar
- the opening bars of a piece of music
- She played a few bars on the piano.
law
the Bar
[singular] (British English) the profession of barrister (= a lawyer in a higher court)- to be called to the Bar (= allowed to work as a qualified barrister)
CultureTo be called to the Bar is to be received into the profession of barrister after training for the Bar. In Britain the Bar is governed by the Bar Council. The head of the Bar of England and Wales and the Bar of Northern Ireland is called the attorney general, and the head of the Scottish Bar is called the Dean of Faculty.
the Bar
[singular] (North American English) the profession of any kind of lawyer
measurement
- a unit for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere, equal to a hundred thousand newtons per square metre see also millibar
in electric fire
- [countable] a piece of metal with wire wrapped around it that becomes red and hot when electricity is passed through it
- Switch another bar on if you’re cold.
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 12 Middle English: from Old French barre (noun), barrer (verb), of unknown origin. noun sense 13 early 20th cent.: from Greek baros ‘weight’.
Idioms - (informal) in prison
- The murderer is now safely behind bars.
- to set a new, lower standard of quality or performance
- In the current economic climate we may need to lower the bar on quotas.
opposite raise the bar compare set the bar
not have a bar of something
- (Australian English, New Zealand English, informal) to have nothing to do with something
- If he tries to sell you his car, don't have a bar of it.
- to set a new, higher standard of quality or performance
- The factory has raised the bar on productivity, food safety and quality.
- This latest computer game raises the bar for interface design.
- The awards go to people who have truly raised the bar.
- Perhaps the new admission requirements raised the bar too high.
opposite lower1 compare set the bar
- to set a standard of quality or performance
- The show really sets the bar for artistic invention.
- Sofia sets the bar very high for what she expects of herself.