- [countable]
a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic and other drinks 酒吧 We arranged to meet in a bar called the Flamingo. 我们约在一个叫火烈鸟的酒吧见面。 The area is full of restaurants and bars. 这个地区到处都是餐馆和酒吧。 The bar staff are very friendly. 酒吧工作人员非常友好。 It's the island’s only licensed bar (= one that is allowed to sell alcoholic drinks). 这是岛上唯一有酒类销售许可证的酒吧。 - (British English)
I found David in the bar of the Red Lion (= a room in a pub where drinks are served). 我在 “红狮” 酒吧找到了戴维。
Extra ExamplesTopics Drinksa2The hotel has a restaurant, bar and swimming pool. 酒店有餐厅、酒吧和游泳池。 There were not many people in the bar. 酒吧里人不多。 He's been working in a bar called the Anvil. 他一直在一家叫铁砧的酒吧工作。 We could meet at the theatre and have a drink in the bar. 我们可以在剧场见面，再到酒吧喝一杯。 It's a singles bar. 这是一个单身酒吧。 It was supposed to be a restaurant but seemed more like a dive bar. 名义上这是家餐馆，不过看起来更像个廉价酒吧。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- licensed
- crowded
- open
- …
- enter
- frequent
- go to
- …
- food
- menu
- snacks
- …
- in a/the bar
- at a/the bar
- [countable]
(especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词 a place in which a particular kind of food or drink is the main thing that is served （专售某类饮食的）小吃店，小馆子 
a sushi bar 寿司店 The hotel has a cocktail bar on the top floor. 酒店顶层有一个鸡尾酒吧。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- licensed
- crowded
- open
- …
- enter
- frequent
- go to
- …
- food
- menu
- snacks
- …
- in a/the bar
- at a/the bar
- [countable]
a long wide wooden surface where drinks, etc. are served （出售饮料等的）柜台；吧台 
- at the bar
She was sitting at the bar. 她坐在吧台那里。 - behind the bar
He spent the summer working behind the bar at the local pub. 他整个夏天都在当地酒吧的吧台后面工作。 It was so crowded I couldn't get to the bar. 人太多了，我无法挤到吧台那儿。
Extra ExamplesTopics Drinksb1They were chatting at the bar. 他们正在酒吧聊天。 The barmaid stood behind the bar. 女服务员站在吧台后面。 I didn't recognize the man who was serving behind the bar. 我没有认出站在吧台后面的那个男服务生是谁。 - (humorous)
You can usually find him propping up (= leaning on) the bar of the Queen's Head. 你通常可以看到他靠在女王头的栏杆上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- breakfast
- be propping up
- at the bar
- behind the bar
- at the bar
- [countable]
a piece of something with straight sides （长方形）条，块 
a bar of chocolate/soap 一条巧克力／肥皂 a chocolate bar 一条巧克力 - (North American English)
a candy bar 一条巧克力
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.see also energy bar, Nanaimo bar- 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
- [countable]
a long straight piece of metal or wood. Bars are often used to stop somebody from getting through a space. 长条，棒，栏杆（常用作护栏） 
He smashed the window with an iron bar. 他用铁棒敲碎了窗户。 The room was small, with bars on the windows. 房间很小，窗户上有栏杆。 The windows at street level were fitted with bars. 临街的窗户安装了栏杆。 a five-bar gate (= one made with five horizontal bars of wood) 用五根横木条钉成的栅门
a long narrow area, usually at the top or side of a computer screen, that contains links or pull-down menus or displays information about the website or program that you are using （电脑屏幕上的）状态栏，工具栏，导航条 - the bar[singular]
the crossbar of a goal （球门的）横梁 
- [countable]
a band of colour or light 条；带 - [countable, usually singular] bar (to something)
a thing that stops somebody from doing something 障碍；羁绊 - (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 （乐谱的）小节 
four beats to the bar 每小节四拍 the opening bars of a piece of music 乐曲开头的几个小节 She played a few bars on the piano. 她在钢琴上弹了几个小节。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + bar- hum
- play
- sing
- …
- in a/the bar
- two, four, etc. beats to the bar
- the Bar[singular] (British English)
the profession of barrister (= a lawyer in a higher court) 大律师职业（可出席高等法庭） to be called to the Bar (= allowed to work as a qualified barrister) 获得大律师资格
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.Topics Law and justicec2 - the Bar[singular] (North American English)
the profession of any kind of lawyer 律师职业 a unit for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere, equal to a hundred thousand newtons per square metre 巴（气压单位，等于 100 000 牛顿／平方米） - [countable]
a piece of metal with wire wrapped around it that becomes red and hot when electricity is passed through it 电热棒 
Switch another bar on if you’re cold. 如果你觉得冷，就再开一个吧。
for drinks/food饮食
of chocolate/soap巧克力；肥皂
of metal/wood金属；木材
in computing计算机技术
in sports体育运动
of colour/light颜色；光
that prevents something障碍
in music音乐
law法律
measurement度量
in electric fire电热炉
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
behind bars
lower the bar
to set a new, lower standard of quality or performance 降低标准
not have a bar of something
raise the bar
to set a new, higher standard of quality or performance 提高标准 The factory has raised the bar on productivity, food safety and quality. 工厂提高了在生产力、食品安全和质量方面的标准。 This latest computer game raises the bar for interface design. 这款最新的电脑游戏提高了界面设计的门槛。 The awards go to people who have truly raised the bar. 奖项授予真正提高标准的人。 Perhaps the new admission requirements raised the bar too high. 也许新的入学要求把门槛提得太高了。
set the bar