block

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block¹ / blɑk ; blɔk /
◙noun [C]
1. SOLID MATERIAL 固体物质, a piece of hard material such as wood or stone with straight sides
• 一块〔指木头、石头等有直边的坚硬物体〕
--› see BREEZE-BLOCK , BUILDING BLOCK , CINDER BLOCK
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 »a block of ice
  一块冰
 »a wall made of concrete blocks
  由混凝土块砌成的墙
--› see picture at ICE ¹
2. STREETS / AREA 街道/区域
a. [AmE] the distance along a city street from where one street crosses it to the next
• 街段，一段街区〔两条平行街道之间的一段〕:
 »Head for 44th Street, a few blocks east of Sixth Avenue.
  往 44 号街走，从第六大街往东走几个街区就是。
 »The church is down the block.
  教堂就在这个街区那头。
b. the four city streets that form a square around an area of buildings
• 街区〔四条街道之内的区域〕:
 »Let's walk round the block.
  我们沿街区走走吧。
 »She grew up playing with the other kids on the block.
  她从小就是和街区里的其他孩子一起玩着长大的。
c. [AusE] a large piece of land
• 一大块土地:
 »a ten acre block near the city
  离城市不远的一块十英亩土地
3. LARGE BUILDING 大楼, a large building divided into separate parts
• 栋，座，幢:
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 »a block of flats
  一栋住宅楼
 »an office block
  一栋办公大楼
 »an apartment block
  一栋公寓楼
 »the school science block
  学校的理科大楼
4. QUANTITY OF THINGS 数量, a quantity of things of the same kind, considered as a single unit
• 一组，一批，一套，一叠:
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 »New employees receive a block of shares in the firm.
  新雇员可以分得公司的一份股票。
 »Set aside blocks of time for doing your homework.
  把做家庭作业的时间预留出来。
5. block booking / voting, an arrangement that is made for a whole group to buy something or to vote together
• 团体订购/集体投票
6. INABILITY TO THINK 不能思考, [usually singular] the temporary loss of your normal ability to think, learn, write etc
• 思维阻滞〔指思考、学习、写作等暂时不能继续的现象〕:
 »I have a mental block whenever I try to remember my password.
  我每次想密码的时候，脑子就会阻塞。
 »After his second novel Garland had writer's block (=he could not write anything) .
  加兰写完第二部小说之后出现了创作瓶颈。
7. STOPPING MOVEMENT 阻止行动, [usually singular] something that prevents movement or progress
• 阻碍，障碍:
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 »a major block to progress
  进步的重大阻碍
--› see ROADBLOCK , STUMBLING BLOCK
8. PUNISHMENT 惩罚, the block in the past, a solid block of wood on which someone's head was cut off as a punishment
• 〔古时斩首用的〕垫头木
9. put your head / neck on the block, to risk destroying other people's opinion of you or losing your job by doing or saying something
• 把自己搭进去〔指冒着损失名誉或丢工作的危险去做某事或说某话〕:
 »I'm not prepared to put my head on the block for him.
  我可不愿意为了他把自己给搭进去。
10. SPORT 体育运动, a movement in sport that stops an opponent going forward or playing the ball forward
• 拦截，阻挡（动作）
11. SELL 出售, go on the block to be sold, especially at an AUCTION
• 在出售，在拍卖:
 »$500 million worth of art will go on the block.
  价值 5 亿美元的艺术品将要拍卖。
--› see BLOCK CAPITALS , TOWER BLOCK
--› see be a chip off the old block at CHIP ¹ (7)
--› see I'll knock your block off at KNOCK ¹ (24)

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block²
◙verb [T]
1. also block up to prevent anything moving through a space by being or placing something across it or in it
• 阻挡，堵塞:
 »A fallen tree is blocking the road.
  一棵树倒下来挡在路上。
 »The sink's blocked up.
  水槽堵住了。
2. block sb's way / path / exit / escape etc, to stand in front of someone, so that they cannot go past
• 挡住某人的去路/路/出口/阻止某人逃跑等:
 »I tried to get through, but there were people blocking my way.
  我想过去，但是有人挡着路。
3. to stop something happening, developing, or succeeding
• 阻止，妨碍，阻挠:
 »The Senate blocked publication of the report.
  参议院阻挠这个报告的发表。
 »laws designed to block imports of cheap tobacco
  旨在阻止廉价烟草进口的法规
4. block sb's view, to be in front of someone so that they cannot see something
• 挡住某人的视线:
 »The huge building across the street blocked our view of the sea.
  马路对面那幢巨大的楼房挡住了我们看海的视线。
5. also block out to stop light reaching a place
• 挡住〔光线〕:
 »Can you move? You're blocking my light.
  你挪一挪好吗？你把光线挡住了。
6. to stop a ball, a blow etc from getting to where your opponent wants it to
• 阻截，拦截〔对方的球〕:
 »a shot blocked by the goalkeeper
  被守门员阻截的射门◘block sb / sth∽in
1. to park your car too close to another car, so that the other one cannot drive away
• 把〔别人的汽车〕堵住
2. to paint or draw simple shapes or areas of colour
• 画…的草图:
 »I'll just block in the main buildings.
  我就画个主要楼房的草图。
◘block sth∽off
• to completely close something such as a road or an opening
• 封闭，封锁〔道路、入口等〕:
 »Police blocked off the city centre streets.
  警方封锁了市中心的街道。
 »The fireplace had been blocked off.
  壁炉已经封起来了。
block sth∽out 1 to stop light reaching a place 挡住，遮住〔光〕:
 »There was a heavy curtain blocking out the light.
  一幅厚厚的窗帘挡住了光线。
2. to stop yourself thinking about something or remembering it
• 不去想，抹去:
 »a memory so terrible that she tried to block it out
  她努力想抹去的可怕记忆