单词 | brick |
释义 | Word Frequency brick(brɪk) noun 1. a. a rectangular block of clay mixed with sand and fired in a kiln or baked by the sun, used in building construction b. (as modifier) a brick house 2. the material used to make such blocks 3. any rectangular block a brick of ice 4. bricks collectively 5. informal a reliable, trustworthy, or helpful person 6. British a child's building block 7. slang an obsolete or nonfunctioning electronic device 8. short for brick red 9. drop a brick 10. like a ton of bricks verb (transitive) 11. (usually foll by in, up, or over) to construct, line, pave, fill, or wall up with bricks to brick up a window brick over a patio 12. slang to attack (a person) with a brick or bricks 13. slang to render (an electronic device) useless by altering the software installed on it Word origin C15: from Old French brique, from Middle Dutch bricke; related to Middle Low German brike, Old English brecan to break |
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