1859, "action of barring; man-made barrier in a stream," from French barrer "to stop," from barre "bar," from Old French barre (see bar (n.1)). Artillery sense is 1916, from World War I French phrase tir de barrage "barrier fire" intended to isolate the objective. As a verb by 1917. Related: Barraged; barraging.
例文
1. The council is standing firm against the barrage of protest.
委員会は相次ぐ抗議に対して譲歩を拒否した。
2.This sounds like a barrage of accusation-I don 'tintend it to be.
これは次から次へと非難されているように聞こえる--これは私の本意ではありません。
3.A barrage would halt the flow upstream and lift the water level.
ダムが上流で流れを止め、水位を上げる。
4.The attack jumped off under cover of a barrage .
攻撃は砲火の援護の下で始まった.
5.The film star faced a barrage of criticism for his behaviour.