brick
brickbricks
brickbricksbrickingbrickedbricked
n.
① [集合用法;指個別的磚塊時為[C]]磚,磚塊,磚頭
a pile of bricks
一堆磚塊
lay bricks
砌磚
His house is built of red brick(s).
他的房子是紅磚造的。
②
⑴磚塊狀之物(如麵包塊、冰淇淋磚、茶磚(brick tea)等)
⑵〖英〗(兒童玩具)積木(〖美〗lock)
a brick of cheese [ice cream]
長方形的乾酪[冰淇淋]
a box of bricks
盒積木;積木盒
③ 〖口〗可信賴的人,好人;慷慨者;善心人
adj.
① 磚的,磚造的
a brick house
磚造的房屋
a brick wall
磚牆
② 磚色的
vt.
① 用磚圍住、堵住或砌
brick up a window [door]
用磚堵塞窗[門]口
短语
1.beat [run] one's head against a brick wall
① 因試圖做不可能的事而白費力氣或受傷
Trying to make him change his mind is just beating your head against a brick wall.
想要他改變主意,那你簡直是白費力氣。
2.drop a brick
① 〖口〗失言;闖出亂子
3.dry [hard] as a brick
① 非常乾的[硬的]
4.hit the bricks
① 〖美俚〗步行出外;步行巡邏或挨家訪問
② 〖美俚〗(犯人)出獄
③ 〖美俚〗罷工離開工作場所
5.like a brick
① 徹底地;非常地;激烈地(=like a ton of bricks=like bricks)
6.like a ton of bricks
① 徹底地;非常地;激烈地
7.make bricks without straw
① 做某事而缺乏必需的材料;為無米之炊;徒勞(★源自聖經「出埃及記」)
8.up against a brick wall
① 遭遇無法克服的困難[阻礙];從事不可能的事
