brick
n. 磚; 積木; 落難時可靠的人
Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. Brick is the material made up of these blocks.
She built bookshelves out of bricks and planks.
她用磚和木板製作書架。
...a tiny garden surrounded by high brick walls.
四周有高高的磚牆環繞的小花園
If you say that someone is a brick, you mean that they have helped you or supported you when you were in a difficult situation.
You were a brick, a real friend in need.
你很夠朋友,是真正的患難之交。
If you are banging your head against a brick wall, what you are saying or doing is not having any effect although you keep saying or doing it.
I wanted to sort out this problem with him, but it was like banging my head against a brick wall.
我曾想跟他把這個問題給解決了,但結果徒勞無功。
If you hit a brick wall or come up against a brick wall, you are unable to continue or make progress because something stops you.
After that my career just seemed to hit a brick wall...
在那之後我的事業似乎就陷入了困境。
The discussions in Brussels hit a brick wall.
在布魯塞爾進行的商談進展受阻。
You can use bricks and mortar to refer to houses and other buildings, especially when they are considered as an investment.
Paying rent simply helps to line the pockets of landlords. It's far better to put your money into bricks and mortar of your own...
租房子只會鼓了房東的腰包,自己投資買房要合算得多。
As an investment, bricks and mortar are not what they were.
作為一種投資,房產不再是從前意義上的房產。
1. rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
2. a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
be built like a brick shithouse
見 shithouse
a brick short of a load
bricks and mortar
建築物(尤指住房)
come up against (或 hit) a brick wall
遇見不可克服的困難
like a ton of bricks
(非正式)具有壓倒性的重量(影響或權威),勢不可擋
you can't make bricks without straw
(諺)巧婦難為無米之炊
drop a brick【非正式用語】
犯不雅的社交錯誤
I caught my coat on a loose brick projecting from the wall.
我把大衣掛在一個突出於牆外的一塊鬆動的磚頭上.
Multifunctional videorecorders have enjoyed brick sales.
多功能錄影機一直在市場走俏.
We tied this letter to a brick and threw it over the railing.
我們把信系在磚上,然後拋過欄杆去.
In these houses, there are kangs built of stone or brick.
這些房子裡有石頭或磚壘的炕.
She stared blankly at the brick wall in front of her.
她面無表情地瞪著面前的磚牆.