blockading

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it. 封鎖
It's not yet clear who will actually enforce the blockade. 目前還不清楚到底誰會(huì)來執(zhí)行封鎖。
2. V-T If a group of people blockade a place, they stop goods or people from reaching that place. If they blockade a road or a port, they stop people from using that road or port. 封鎖
About 50,000 people are trapped in the town, which has been blockaded for more than 40 days. 約有五萬人被睏在這個(gè)已經(jīng)被封鎖了40多天的小鎮(zhèn)裡。