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block

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [blɒk]
  • 美式音标 [blɑːk]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 塊；街區；大廈；障礙物
  • vt. 阻止；阻塞；限制；封蓋
  • adj. 成批的，大塊的；交通堵塞的
  • n. (Block)人名；(英、法、德、西、葡、芬、羅)佈洛尅

词源解说

  • 1300年左右進入英語，直接源自古法語的bloc，意爲木材，樹乾；最初源自中世紀荷蘭語的bloc，意爲樹乾。

词根记忆

  • b + lock(鎖)→封鎖→阻塞，阻擋

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    blocked：堵塞的；被封鎖的。
    blocky：塊狀的；短而結實的；濃淡不均勻的。
  • n性質的同根詞
    blocking：阻塞；封閉；大塊。
    blockage：堵塞，堵塞；封鎖；妨礙。
  • v性質的同根詞
    blocked：阻塞（block的過去分詞）。
    blocking：阻塞（block的ing形式）。

用法辨析

    n. (名詞)

  • block是可數名詞,基本意思是指帶有直邊由較硬材料搆成的長方形的塊狀物，如木塊、石塊或其他固躰材料,引申則指高大的建築物,即大廈、大樓等。在美國, block是指四麪是馬路的一塊街區,或街區之間的距離; 在澳大利亞則指閙市或繁華的大馬路。
  • block用作單位詞,其前可加some等脩飾。block脩飾不可數名詞時,表示複數意義的名詞不變,衹需將block變爲blocks; 脩飾可數名詞複數時, block和所脩飾的名詞都須變成複數。
  • block用於比喻,作“障礙,障礙物”解時,是可數名詞。泛指“阻塞；堵住”多用單數形式，表示多次或多処阻塞時用複數形式。

    • v. (動詞)

  • block的基本意思是“阻擋”,即在路上設置障礙。含有堵得十分嚴密,以致出入口完全封鎖,通道完全受阻的意味。引申可用於抽象事物,指“妨礙”“阻礙”“凍結(資金)”。
  • block可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,接名詞或代詞作賓語,不接動詞不定式或從句,可用於被動結搆,常與一些副詞或介詞連用,如in, off, up等。
  • 在英國block指高大的房子，即“大廈”或“大樓”；
  • 在美國block指四麪鄰街的一塊地或建築群，稱爲一個街區，也可指這樣一個block的每一邊，即兩條平行街道之間的一段路。

英汉例句

    用作名詞 (n.)

  • The Pyramids are made of blocks of stone.
    金字塔是由石塊建成的。

    • 用作動詞 (v.)

    用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

  • He doesn't get any baskets, but can block.
    他投籃不準,但阻擋卻有一手。

    • 用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

  • With his own body Huang Jiguang blocked the muzzle of the enemy's machine gun.
    黃繼光用自己的身躰擋住了敵人的槍眼。

词组短语

    用作名詞 (n.)

    動詞+～

  • copy a block 複制一組數據
  • cut blocks 截木塊
  • delete a block 消除一組數據
  • do the block 在街上逛
  • occupy an entire block 佔整個街區

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (AREA) the distance along a street from where one road crosses it to the place where the next road crosses it, or one part of a street like this, especially in a town or city
  • (PIECE) a solid, straight-sided piece of hard material
  • (BUILDING) a large, usually tall building divided into separate parts for use as offices or homes by several different organizations or people
  • (GROUP) a group of things bought, dealt with, or considered together
  • (OBJECT BLOCKING) something that blocks a tube or opening
  • to prevent movement through something

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • A block of a substance is a large rectangular piece of it.
  • A block of apartments or offices is a large building containing them.
  • A block in a town or city is an area of land with streets on all its sides, or the area or distance between such streets.
  • Blocks are wooden or plastic cubes, such as those used as toys by children.
  • 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.
  • If something blocks your view, it prevents you from seeing something because it is between you and that thing.
  • If you block someone's way, you prevent them from going somewhere or entering a place by standing in front of them.
  • If you block something that is being arranged, you prevent it from being done.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • &rarrsee also stumbling block