n. 1.solid material 固体物质
a piece of hard material such as wood or stone with straight sides一块〔指木头、石头等有直边的坚硬物体〕
THESAURUS piece
→ breeze-block → building block → cinder block → see picture at 见 piece 1
•a wall made of concrete blocks 由混凝土块砌成的墙
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•a block of ice 一块冰
2.streets/area 街道/区域
the distance along a city street from where one street crosses it to the next 街段,一段街区〔两条平行街道之间的一段〕
•Head for 44th Street, a few blocks east of Sixth Avenue. 往44号街走,从第六大街往东走几个街区就是。
•The church is down the block. 教堂就在这个街区那头。
the four city streets that form a square around an area of buildings 街区〔四条街道之内的区域〕
•Let’s walk round the block. 我们绕着街区走走吧。
•She grew up playing with the other kids on the block. 她是和街区里其他孩子一起玩大的。
a large piece of land 一大块土地
•a ten-acre block near the city 离城市不远的一块十英亩土地
3.large building 大楼
a large building divided into separate parts栋,座,幢
•an office block 一栋办公大楼
•an apartment block 一栋公寓楼
•the school science block 学校的理科大楼
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•a block of flats 一栋住宅楼
v.
1.to prevent anything moving through a space by being or placing something across it or in it
(also 又作block up)阻挡,堵塞
•A fallen tree is blocking the road. 一棵倒下的树把路阻断了。
•The sink’s blocked up. 水槽堵住了。
2.block sb’s way/path/exit/escape etc
to stand in front of someone, so that they cannot go past挡住某人的去路/路/出口/逃跑的路等
•I tried to get through, but there were people blocking my way. 我想过去,但是有人挡着路。
3.to stop something happening, developing, or succeeding阻止,妨碍,阻挠
•The Senate blocked publication of the report. 参议院阻止这个报告发表。
•laws designed to block imports of cheap tobacco 旨在阻挠廉价烟草进口的法规
4.block sb’s view
to be in front of someone, so that they cannot see something挡住某人的视线
•The huge building across the street blocked our view of the sea. 马路对面那幢巨大的楼房挡住了我们看海的视线。
5.to stop light reaching a place
(also 又作block out)挡住〔光线〕
•Can you move? You’re blocking my light. 你挪一挪好吗?你把光线挡住了。
6.to stop a ball, a blow etc from getting to where your opponent wants it to阻截,拦截〔对方的击球等〕
•a shot blocked by the goalkeeper 被守门员拦截的射门
PHRVB 短语动词
block sb/sth ←→ inphr v
1.to park your car too close to another car, so that the other one cannot drive away
〔因为靠得太近而〕堵住〔别人的汽车〕
2.to paint or draw simple shapes or areas of colour
画…的草图
•I’ll just block in the main buildings. 我就勾画一下主要的建筑物。
block sth←→ off
1.to completely close something such as a road or an opening封闭,封锁〔道路、入口等〕
•Police blocked off the city centre streets. 警方封锁了市中心的街道。
•The fireplace had been blocked off. 壁炉已经封起来了。
block sth←→ out
1.to stop light reaching a place挡住,遮住〔光线〕
•There was a heavy curtain blocking out the light. 一幅厚厚的窗帘挡住了光线。
2.to stop yourself thinking about something or remembering it不去想,抹去
•a memory so terrible that she tried to block it out 她努力想抹去的可怕记忆