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brick BUILDING BLOCKbrIkn [C]a rectangular block of hard material used for building walls and houses砖Someone had thrown a brick through the shop window.有人把砖块扔进了商店橱窗。We lived in a Victorian terrace of red-brick houses.我们住在维多利亚式的红砖房的联排屋中。He was so embarrassed--his face went brick -red (= a dark red).他窘极了，脸涨成暗红色。(fig.) I was nearly forty when I finally invested in bricks and mortar (= bought a home).我快四十了才买下一间房子。(saying) "You can't make bricks without straw" means that you cannot make something without the necessary materials.巧媳妇难为无米之炊。《Another Brick in the Wall》 (song by Pink Floyd, 1979)
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