brick 英 [brɪk]   美 [brɪk]

brick

brick  英 [brɪk] 美 [brɪk]

n. 砖,砖块; 

名词复数:bricks 

The school is built of brick. 那所学校是用砖建造的。
a pile of bricks 一摞砖

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  • n. 砖,砖块;
  • 1. The school is built of brick.

    那所学校是用砖建造的。

  • 2. a pile of bricks

    一摞砖

  • 3. a brick wall

    砖墙

  • brick (n.) "rectangular block of artificial stone (usually clay burned in a kiln) used as a building material," early 15c., from Old French briche "brick," probably from a Germanic source akin to Middle Dutch bricke "a tile," literally "a broken piece," from the verbal root of break (v.).
  • brick (v.) "to wall up with bricks," 1640s, from brick (n.). Related: Bricked; bricking.
brick / brɪk ; NAmE brɪk / noun , verb brick bricks bricked bricking noun 1 [countable ,  uncountable ] baked clayused for building walls, houses and other buildings; an individual block of this 砖;砖块 The school is built of brick. 那所学校是用砖建造的。 a pile of bricks 一摞砖 a brick wall 砖墙 see also red-brick 2 [countable ] a plastic or wooden block, used as a toy for young children to build things with 积木 3 [countable ,  usually singular ] ( old-fashioned) ( BrE informal) a friend that you can rely on when you need help 可靠的朋友 IDIOMS be up against a brick ˈwall to be unable to make any progress because there is a difficulty that stops you 遇到难以逾越的障碍 bricks and ˈmortar buildings, when you are thinking of them in connection with how much they cost to build or how much they are worth 实体产业(借房产来指代具体规模) They put their money into bricks and mortar. 他们把钱投资到了房产上。 ( business ) a new Internet company without a lot of bricks-and-mortar businesses (= businesses with buildings that customers go to) 一家没有多少实体产业的新网络公司 ( NAmE also) brick-and-mortar businesses 实体企业 make bricks without ˈstraw ( BrE) to try to work without the necessary material, money, information, etc. 作无米之炊 more at cat n. , drop v. , head n. , ton n. verb PHRASAL VERB ˌbrick sth↔ˈin/ˈup to fill an opening in a wall with bricks 用砖堵住墙上的洞 The windows had been bricked up. 那些窗户用砖堵住了。 brick / brɪk ; NAmE brɪk /
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