单词 | brick |
释义 | brick¹ 1.(block of clay)砖;砖块 She built bookshelves out of bricks and planks.她用砖块和木板搭建书架。 2.(bricks collectively)(统称)砖材 The main construction is brick.主体建筑是砖结构的。 3.<英>(toy)积木 The children have hours of fun playing with their bricks.孩子们一连数小时都在玩积木, 玩得不亦乐乎。 4.(block of material)砖块状物 an ice cream brick冰砖 5.<过时或幽默>(person)可靠的人;值得信任的人;乐于助人的人 You were a brick, a real friend in need.你很够朋友, 是真正的患难之交。 6.=brick red¹ idiom brick² ◆to drop a brick<英,非正式>出言不慎;失言 I realize I dropped a brick, but how was I to know he was gay?我意识到自己说错话了, 但我怎么会知道他是同性恋呢? ◆like a ton of bricks<非正式>劈头盖脸地;势不可挡地;大发雷霆地;严厉地 The sense of my own mortality hit me like a ton of bricks.必死无疑的感觉深深折磨着我。 to come down on sb like a ton of bricks气势汹汹地斥责某人;严厉地批评某人 When he spotted my mistake he came down on me like a ton of bricks.他发现我犯的错误后把我狠狠训了一通。 + building, house砖砌的;砖铺的;砖结构的 It was a three-storey brick building in the dock area.那是一座位于码头区的三层砖结构建筑。 brick³1.(in building)用砖建;用砖砌;用砖铺;用砖填 We decided to brick the patio.我们决定用砖来砌露台。 2.<俚>(attack with bricks)用砖砸;用砖扔;用砖袭击 The firefighters risked getting bricked when they answer calls.消防队员接到火灾警报, 就意味着要去冒被砖头砸的危险。 Phrasal Verbsbrick in,brick off,brick up |
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