| 释义 |
block something out1Stop something such as light or noise from reaching somewhere: you’re blocking out my sun...- I groaned, grabbing my pillow and placing it over my ears, blocking all noise out.
- I usually just block such noises out because in the city there's always some lunatic running around shouting things but for some reason I ran to the cry for help.
- Tony is talking, while Davy is trying to block the noise out with his pillow.
1.1Exclude something unpleasant from one’s thoughts or memory: they had managed to block out incidents from long ago...- Maybe we're just blocking it out like a bad memory or premonition.
- I sighed, wondering why I had chosen to block the memories out in the first place.
- He tried to block those memories out, but he couldn't in his nearly unconscious state.
Synonyms conceal, hide, screen, keep out, blot out, exclude; eliminate, obliterate, eradicate, erase, rub out, wipe out, blank out, efface, remove all traces of; halt, stop, deny, suppress, repress 2Mark or sketch something out roughly: I would block out an area and sketch in the detail...- Sometimes, I'll start right on the computer and then have to slow down and block things out on paper to sort things out.
- I write it down on my steno pad when the idea comes to me, and more or less block it out on paper first.
- I designed it by blocking it out on a ‘clean sheet’ using an architect's program.
Synonyms rough (out), sketch out, trace out, outline, set out, lay out, delineate, draft See parent entry: block |