1841, "ward of a Spanish or Spanish-speaking city," sometimes also used of rural settlements, from Spanish barrio "district, suburb," from Arabic barriya "open country" (fem.), from barr "outside" (of the city). Main modern sense of "Spanish-speaking district in a U.S. city" is 1939; original reference is to Spanish Harlem in New York City.
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1. Then one of the patients died, and Barrio's team was able to examine the brain.
后来,一位病人去世了, barrio小组可以直接检查他的脑部.
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2. The method might also be useful in testing whether treatments for Alzheimer's are working , Barrio said.
barrio说,该方法也可用于检验对阿尔茨海默氏病的治疗是否有效.
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3. Barrio: an urban district or quarter in a Spanish - speaking country.
