block
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A block of a substance is a large rectangular piece of it. 大块
...a block of ice. …一大块冰。
2. N-COUNT A block of apartments or offices is a large building containing them. 大楼
...a white-painted apartment block. …一幢漆成白色的公寓楼。
3. N-COUNT A block in a town or city is an area of land with streets on all its sides, or the area or distance between such streets. 街区
He walked around the block three times. 他绕着这个街区走了3圈。
She walked four blocks down High Street. 她沿着高街走了4个街区。
4. N-COUNT Blocks are wooden or plastic cubes, such as those used as toys by children. 积木
5. V-T To block a road, channel, or pipe means to put an object across it or in it so that nothing can pass through it or along it. 堵塞; 封锁
Some students today blocked a main road that cuts through the centre of the city. 一些学生今天封锁了穿过市中心的公路。
6. V-T If something blocks your view, it prevents you from seeing something because it is between you and that thing. 挡住
...a row of spruce trees that blocked his view of the long north slope of the mountain. …挡住了他看向山北长坡视线的一排云杉。
7. V-T If you block someone's way, you prevent them from going somewhere or entering a place by standing in front of them. 阻挡
I started to move around him, but he blocked my way. 我开始绕开他走,但他挡着我的路。
8. V-T If you block something that is being arranged, you prevent it from being done. 阻止
For years the country has tried to block imports of various cheap foreign products. 多年以来,这个国家曾试图阻止多种外国廉价产品的进口。
9. N-COUNT A block of something such as tickets or shares is a large quantity of them, especially when they are all sold at the same time and are in a particular sequence or order. 一大叠 (一次大量购买的入场券、股票等)[usu N 'of' n]
Those booking a block of seats get them at reduced rates. 那些一次预订大量座位的人可以享受折扣价。
10. N-COUNT If you have a mental block or a block, you are temporarily unable to do something that you can normally do which involves using, thinking about, or remembering something. (思维、记忆等的) 阻滞
I cannot do maths. I've got a mental block about it. 我做不了数学。我一做就大脑一片空白。
11. →see also stumbling block
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block /blɒk/ (blocking,blocked,blocks)
剑桥词典
- The queue for tickets snaked all the way around the block.
- He went for/took a walk around the block, to get some air .
- She drove the car round the block to charge (up) its batteries .
- She likes to roll out the welcome wagon for everyone who moves onto the block.
- He was found slain in an alley two blocks from his apartment .
- a 200 kilo block of concrete
- They cut enormous blocks of stone out of the hillside .
- The blocks of stone had to be lifted into position with a system of pulleys .
- When a glacier meets the sea , large blocks of ice may break off and float away as icebergs .
- Hollow blocks are used because they are lighter .
block noun (AREA)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ] mainly USthe distance along a street from where one road crosses it to the place where the next road crosses it, or one part of a street like this, especially in a town or city
街区;街段
The museum is just six blocks away. 博物馆离这儿只有6条街。
My friend and I live on the same block. 我和我的朋友住在同一个街区。
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]
a square group of buildings or houses with roads on each side
街区里的大楼
I took a walk around the block. 我围着大楼散步。
round/around the block
on the next street that crosses this street
在前面转过去的那条街上
He lives just around the block. 他就住在前面转过去的那条街上。
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block noun (PIECE)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]a solid , straight-sided piece of hard material
一大块(直边的硬物)
a block of wood /ice 一大块木头/冰
the block [ 单数名词 ]
(in the past) a large piece of wood on which criminals had their head cut off
(罪犯被斩首时的)垫头木
Anne Boleyn went to (= was killed on) the block. 安妮·博林上了断头台。
例句
block noun (BUILDING)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]a large , usually tall building divided into separate parts for use as offices or homes by several different organizations or people
大厦,大楼
an office block 写字楼
UK a tower block 塔楼
UK a block of flats 公寓大楼
block noun (GROUP)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]a group of things bought , dealt with, or considered together
一组;一批;一叠
a block of tickets /seats /shares 一叠票/一个座位区/一大宗股票
Corporate hospitality firms make block bookings (= buy large numbers of seats ) at big sporting events . 负责安排活动招待客户的公司每逢有大型体育赛事就预订团体票。
block noun (OBJECT BLOCKING)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 通常作为单数使用的名词 ]something that blocks a tube or opening
堵塞物
A block in (= an object blocking) the pipe was preventing the water from coming through. 管道中的东西堵住了水流。
同义词
blockage
习语
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