block
n. 一塊,一批; 立方體; 大樓; 街區; 一片土地; 障礙(物),攔截
v. 堵塞,擋住; 妨礙; 攔截
A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
...blocks of council flats.
一棟棟市政公寓大樓
...a white-painted apartment block.
一棟漆成白色的公寓大樓
A block in a town is an area of land with streets on all its sides.
She walked four blocks down High Street...
她沿著商業大街走了4個街區。
He walked around the block three times.
他繞著這個街區轉了3圈。
A block of a substance is a large rectangular piece of it.
...a block of ice.
一大塊冰
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...
今天一些學生堵塞了一條貫穿市中心的公路。
When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream...
一旦養蝦場建起來,將會截斷這條河流。
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.
一排雲杉擋住了他的視線,使他看不到這座山綿長的北坡
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...
我準備繞過他,但他擋住了我。
Mr Calder tried to leave the shop but the police officer blocked his path.
考爾德先生想離開商店,但是那位警員攔住了他。
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...
多年來,這個國家一直竭力阻撓各種廉價外國產品的進口。
His persistent attempts to complain to his superiors were blocked and ignored.
他一再試圖向上級投訴,但都被擋了回來並置之不理。
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.
在最後的幾秒鐘,甘恩隊的守門員凱文·坎特維爾撲出了兩次射門。
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.
團體訂座可享受折扣價。
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.
這位總理冒著丟烏紗帽的風險發表了一份非同尋常的宣告。
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
這些動詞均含有"阻止,阻塞"之意。
have been around the block (a few times)
(北美,非正式)見多識廣,經驗豐富
the new kid on the block
(非正式)新來的人,新成員,新手
on the (auction) block
(主 北美)待拍賣中
put (或 lay) one's head (或 neck) on the block
(非正式)鋌而走險
block something in
給…畫上純色色塊
新增,插進
大致標出,畫出…的草圖
停車時堵住(其他車輛)
block something out
隔斷,擋住(某物,尤指光線或聲音)
(喻)從頭腦(或記憶)中抹去(不快之事),忘卻
大致標出,畫出…的草圖
out of the blocks
開始:比賽或競賽從起點開始
Tell me where you've been out so late, or I'll knock your block off.
告訴我你到哪兒去了,這麼晚才回來, 不說我就揍死你.
The students occupied the Administration Block.
學生佔領行政大樓.
The workmen quarried out a huge block of marble.
工人們從採石場採得一塊很大的大理石.
Since they moved to this block , the two families have remained at daggers'drawn.
這兩家自從搬到這個街區來之後,關係一直十分緊張.
Block out the bottom of this picture when it is printed ; the balance of the page will be better.
洗印的時候, 壓掉照片的底部,這樣看起來平衡效果好些.