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block/blɒk/ n., v. & adj.●n. 1 a solid hewn or unhewn piece of hard material, esp. of rock, stone, or wood 大块(坚硬材料) (尤指大块岩石、石头、木材等) block of ice 一大块冰 2 a flat-topped block used as a base for chopping, beheading, standing something on, hammering on, or for mounting a horse from 砧板，铁砧；垫头木(受刑人被砍头时垫的大木块)；骑马台 3a esp. Brit. a large building, esp. when subdivided [尤英] (划分为许多部分的)大厦，大楼 block of flats 公寓大楼 b a compact mass of buildings bounded by (usu. four) streets (通常 4 条街道间的)街区 4 an obstruction; anything preventing progress or normal working 障碍，阻碍；障碍物 a block in the pipe 管子内的堵塞物 5 a chock for stopping the motion of a wheel etc. (使轮子等停止转动的)塞块 6 a pulley or system of pulleys mounted in a case 滑轮，滑轮组 7 (in pl. 用复数) any of a set of solid cubes etc., used as a child's toy (儿童玩的立方体等)积木 8 Printing a piece of wood or metal engraved for printing on paper or fabric 【印刷】木制(或金属)印板 9 a head-shaped mould used for shaping hats or wigs (头型)帽楦，帽模 10 slang the head [俚语]头，脑袋 knock his block off 给某人吃苦头，痛打某人 11 N. Amer. [北美]a the area between streets in a town or suburb (市区或市郊街道之间的)区域，街段 b the length of such an area, esp. as a measure of distance 1 个街段的距离(尤指作为距离单位) lives three blocks away 住在与此地相隔 3 条街段的地方 12 a stolid, unimaginative, or hard-hearted person 木头人；笨蛋；无同情心的人 13 a large quantity or allocation of things treated as a unit, esp. shares, seats in a theatre, etc. 一组；一批；一片；一叠；一大宗(尤指股票、剧院中的座位等) 14 esp. Brit. a set of sheets of paper used for writing, or esp. drawing, glued along one edge [尤英] (一边粘在一起尤供画画用的)活页本，拍纸簿 15 Cricket a spot on which a batsman blocks the ball before the wicket, and rests the bat before playing 【板球】(挡击球前的)放球棒处 16 Athletics 【竞技】 = STARTING BLOCK 17 Amer. Football a blocking action 【美式橄榄球】阻挡 18 Austral. [澳]a a tract of land offered to an individual settler by a government (政府分给定居者的)划区 b a large area of land 大片土地 c an urban or suburban building plot 市区(或郊区)的建筑用地皮 ●v. tr. 1a (often foll. by 常后跟 up) obstruct (a passage etc.) 堵塞，阻塞(通道等)；遮挡 the road was blocked 道路堵塞了; you are blocking my view 你挡住了我的视线 b put obstacles in the way of (progress etc.) 阻碍，妨碍(前进等) 2 restrict the use or conversion of (currency or any other asset) 限制使用(或兑换) (货币或其他财产)，冻结 3 use a block for making (a hat, wig, etc.) (制帽、假发等时)用帽模使其成形 4 emboss or impress a design on (a book cover) (在书的封面上)印上浮雕图案 5 Cricket stop (a ball) with a bat defensively 【板球】用球棒阻挡(球) 6 Amer. Football impede the progress of (an opponent) with one's body 【美式橄榄球】(用身体)阻挡(对手) ●attrib. adj. treating (many similar things) as one unit (许多相似之物)成批的，大量的 block booking 大批量预订 □ block in 1 sketch roughly; plan 画草图；订大纲 2 confine 限制 □ block out 1a shut out (light, noise, etc.) 遮挡住(光线、噪声等) b exclude from memory, as being too painful (把痛苦)从记忆里抹掉，忘掉 2 sketch roughly; plan 画出…的草图；订出…的大纲 □ block up 1 confine; shut (a person etc.) in 阻碍，限制；把(人等)关在里面 2 infill (a window, doorway, etc.) with bricks etc. (用砖等把窗、门等)堵住，堵死 □ on the block N. Amer. being auctioned [北美]在拍卖中 □ put the blocks on prevent from proceeding 阻止，阻挡 □ blocker n.[Middle English via Old French bloc (n.), bloquer (v.) from Middle Dutch blok, of unknown origin] |