block
n. 一块,一批; 立方体; 大楼; 街区; 一片土地; 障碍(物),拦截
v. 堵塞,挡住; 妨碍; 拦截
A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
...blocks of council flats.
一栋栋市政公寓大楼
...a white-painted apartment block.
一栋漆成白色的公寓大楼
A block in a town is an area of land with streets on all its sides.
She walked four blocks down High Street...
她沿着商业大街走了4个街区。
He walked around the block three times.
他绕着这个街区转了3圈。
A block of a substance is a large rectangular piece of it.
...a block of ice.
一大块冰
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.
Some students today blocked a highway that cuts through the center of the city...
今天一些学生堵塞了一条贯穿市中心的公路。
When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream...
一旦养虾场建起来,将会截断这条河流。
If something blocks your view, it prevents you from seeing something because it is between you and that thing.
...a row of spruce trees that blocked his view of the long north slope of the mountain.
一排云杉挡住了他的视线,使他看不到这座山绵长的北坡
If you block someone's way, you prevent them from going somewhere or entering a place by standing in front of them.
I started to move round him, but he blocked my way...
我准备绕过他,但他挡住了我。
Mr Calder tried to leave the shop but the police officer blocked his path.
考尔德先生想离开商店,但是那位警员拦住了他。
If you block something that is being arranged, you prevent it from being done.
For years the country has tried to block imports of various cheap foreign products...
多年来,这个国家一直竭力阻挠各种廉价外国产品的进口。
His persistent attempts to complain to his superiors were blocked and ignored.
他一再试图向上级投诉,但都被挡了回来并置之不理。
In some sports, if a player blocks a shot or kick, they stop the ball reaching its target. If one player blocks another, the first stops the second from reaching or moving with the ball.
In the final seconds, Gunn goalie Kevin Cantwell blocked two shots.
在最后的几秒钟,甘恩队的守门员凯文·坎特维尔扑出了两次射门。
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.
Those booking a block of seats get them at reduced rates.
团体订座可享受折扣价。
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.
If someone lays their head on the block, or puts their head on the block, they are risking their reputation or position by taking a particular course of action.
The Chancellor, by his unusual statement, has put his head on the block.
这位总理冒着丢乌纱帽的风险发表了一份非同寻常的声明。
1. a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides);
2. a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings;
3. a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
4. a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit;
5. housing in a large building that is divided into separate units;
6. (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted;
7. an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension;
8. a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
9. a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine;
10. an obstruction in a pipe or tube;
11. a platform from which an auctioneer sells;
12. (American football) the act of obstructing someone's path with your body;
1. render unsuitable for passage;
2. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;
3. stop from happening or developing;
4. interfere with or prevent the reception of signals;
5. run on a block system;
6. interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia;
7. shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight;
8. stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block;
9. obstruct;
10. block passage through;
11. support, secure, or raise with a block;
12. impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball);
13. be unable to remember;
14. shape by using a block;
15. shape into a block or blocks;
16. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets);
block, bar, hinder, obstruct, prevent, hamper
这些动词均含有"阻止,阻塞"之意。
have been around the block (a few times)
(北美,非正式)见多识广,经验丰富
the new kid on the block
(非正式)新来的人,新成员,新手
on the (auction) block
(主 北美)待拍卖中
put (或 lay) one's head (或 neck) on the block
(非正式)铤而走险
block something in
给…画上纯色色块
添加,插进
大致标出,画出…的草图
停车时堵住(其他车辆)
block something out
隔断,挡住(某物,尤指光线或声音)
(喻)从头脑(或记忆)中抹去(不快之事),忘却
大致标出,画出…的草图
out of the blocks
开始:比赛或竞赛从起点开始
Tell me where you've been out so late, or I'll knock your block off.
告诉我你到哪儿去了,这么晚才回来, 不说我就揍死你.
The students occupied the Administration Block.
学生占领行政大楼.
The workmen quarried out a huge block of marble.
工人们从采石场采得一块很大的大理石.
Since they moved to this block , the two families have remained at daggers'drawn.
这两家自从搬到这个街区来之后,关系一直十分紧张.
Block out the bottom of this picture when it is printed ; the balance of the page will be better.
洗印的时候, 压掉照片的底部,这样看起来平衡效果好些.