barn

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A barn is a building on a farm in which animals, animal food, or crops can be kept. 谷倉; 牲口房
2. N-COUNT any large building, esp an unattractive one 大倉棚
3. N-COUNT a unit of nuclear cross section equal to 10–28 square metre 靶; 核反應(yīng)截面單位 ( symbol: b)

The house , a former barn, has been attractively converted .
The escaped prisoners lay up in a barn for a few weeks , until the search had been called off.
The sheep were penned in behind the barn.
The barn of the other side of the farmyard is full of hay bales .
The property includes two fine twelfth-century timber barns, once used for storing grain .