| 单词 | block |
| 释义 | block (once / 96 pages) 1vn 2nv 3n 4nv A block is a painted wooden cube that kids build with, or a squarish chunk of anything, like a block of cheese or cement. And if you block someone, you prevent them from going past by getting in the way. A sculptor might carve a bird out of a block of marble, and you might eat a whole block of chocolate after dinner. Another block is the row of buildings or houses between four streets: "I'm walking the dog around the block." When block is a verb it means "to obstruct," like when you block your dog from going near the cat food. All these meanings stem from the Old French root bloc, "block of wood." WORD FAMILYblock: blockage, blocked, blocker, blocking, blockish, blocks, blocky, unblock+/blockage: blockages/blocker: blockers/blocking: blockings/blockish: blockishly/blocky: blockily/unblock: unblocked, unblocking, unblocks USAGE EXAMPLESThat’s at least a building block leading into Tuesday’s rematch in San Jose. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) A Pemex spokesman said relatively few gasoline stations were affected, although protesters temporarily blocked storage terminals, delaying the delivery of gasoline to retail points. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Blocking the funds, he said, would mean "that more people close to the edge fall over the edge." Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v obstruct Her arteries are blocked Syn|Ant|Hyper choke up, lug, stuff loosen up, unstuff cause to become unblocked back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul become or cause to become obstructed 2v block passage through Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude disengage, free free or remove obstruction from block off, blockade obstruct access to barricade, barricadoblock off with barricades barricadeprevent access to by barricading asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocateimpair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of tie uprestrain from moving or operating normally dam, dam upobstruct with, or as if with, a dam block out, screenprevent from entering earth up, land upblock with earth, as after a landslide bar, barricade, block off, block up, blockade, stoprender unsuitable for passage back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foulbecome or cause to become obstructed gum upstick together as if with gum block off, close off, shut offblock off the passage through shadeprotect from light, heat, or view closebar access to crap upbecome obstructed or chocked up choke up, lug, stuffobstruct silt, silt upbecome chocked with silt hinder, impede be a hindrance or obstacle to 3v render unsuitable for passage block the way Syn|Hypo|Hyper bar, barricade, block off, block up, blockade, stop obstruct shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight block off, close off, shut off block off the passage through closebar access to close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude block passage through 4v hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of His brother blocked him at every turn Syn|Hypo|Hyper blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy stonewall obstruct or hinder any discussion filibusterobstruct deliberately by delaying checkblock or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey hangprevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury bottleneckslow down or impede by creating an obstruction forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent keep from happening or arising; make impossible 5v stop from happening or developing Block his election Syn|Hypo|Hyper halt, kibosh, stop embargo prevent commerce staystop a judicial process forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent keep from happening or arising; make impossible 6v interfere with or prevent the reception of signals block the signals emitted by this station Syn|Hypo|Hyper jam barrage jam jam an entire frequency spectrum point jamjam a narrow band of frequencies spot jamjam a single frequency blanket jamjam a broad spectrum of frequencies to affect all communications in the area except for directional antenna communications break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt make a break in 7v impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) block an attack Syn|Hyper deflect, parry fence fight with fencing swords 8v prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) Blocked funds Syn|Ant|Hyper freeze, immobilise, immobilize free, release, unblock, unfreeze make (assets) available keep back, withhold hold back; refuse to hand over or share 9v interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia block a nerve block a muscle Hyper anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under administer an anesthetic drug to 10v shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage Syn|Hyper obstruct bar, barricade, block off, block up, blockade, stop render unsuitable for passage conceal, hide prevent from being seen or discovered 11v be unable to remember You are blocking the name of your first wife! Syn|Ant|Hypo blank out, draw a blank, forget call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection slip, slip one's mind pass out of one's memory 12v run on a block system block trains Hyper operate, run direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. 13n the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements Syn|Hypo|Hyper blocking interference (American football) blocking a player's path with your body trap block(American football) an illegal block parry(fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword obstruction getting in someone's way 14n an obstruction in a pipe or tube Syn|Hypo|Hyper blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage breech closer, breechblock a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing plug, stopper, stoppleblockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly vapor lock, vapour locka stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor) bung, spilea plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask bottle cork, corkthe plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) drainpluga removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin earpluga plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise fipplea wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder) tampion, tompionplug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture tamponplug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood) spigot, tapa plug for a bunghole in a cask impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor any structure that makes progress difficult 15n an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension 2I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block Syn|Hypo|Hyper mental block writer's block an inability to write inability lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something 1n a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides Syn|Hypo|Hyper cube goldbrick a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not solid a three-dimensional shape 2n a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides) the pyramids were built with large stone blocks Hypo|Hyper anvil a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering briquet, briquettea block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel bar, cakea block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) chock, wedgea block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object chopping blocka steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split crossheadmetal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth cube, square blocka block in the (approximate) shape of a cube dominoa small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots block of metal, ingot, metal barmetal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling noga wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it nuta small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt inking pad, inkpad, pad, stamp pada block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp slabblock consisting of a thick piece of something starting blockblock providing bracing for a runner's feet at start of a race stepa solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed swage blockan iron block cut with holes and grooves to assist in cold working metal typea small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper bulliongold or silver in bars or ingots butcher block, butcher boarda thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood dice, diea small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers five, five-spota playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips four, four-spota playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips hex nuta nut with a hexagonal shape ice cubea small cube of artificial ice; used for cooling drinks kernthe part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body locknut, safety nutsupplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening one-spota domino or die whose upward face shows one pip piga crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace quad, space(printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences six, six-spota playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips spraga chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline square nutnut with a square shape packing nut, stuffing nuta nut used to tighten a stuffing box tableta small flat compressed cake of some substance tableta slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription tilea flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces butterfly nut, thumbnut, wing nut, wing screw, wing-nuta threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole 3n a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings he lives in the next block Syn|Hyper city block area, country a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) 4n housing in a large building that is divided into separate units there is a block of classrooms in the west wing Hypo|Hyper cellblock, ward a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) hospital ward, wardblock forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care death house, death rowthe cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution detoxthe hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified maternity warda hospital ward that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants housing, living accommodations, lodging structures collectively in which people are housed 5n a platform from which an auctioneer sells they put their paintings on the block Syn|Hyper auction block platform a raised horizontal surface 6v shape by using a block Block a hat block a garment Hyper form, shape give shape or form to 7v shape into a block or blocks block the graphs so one can see the results clearly Hyper form, shape give shape or form to 8v stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block 3block the book cover Hyper boss, emboss, stamp raise in a relief 1n a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit he reserved a large block of seats he held a large block of the company's stock Hyper accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole 2n a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked Syn|Hyper cylinder block, engine block cast, casting object formed by a mold 3n (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted 4since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably Hypo|Hyper bad block (computer science) a block (usually one sector) that cannot reliably hold data computer memory unit a unit for measuring computer memory 1n a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope Syn|Hypo|Hyper pulley, pulley block, pulley-block bollock, bullock block a pulley-block at the head of a topmast fairleada pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing idle pulley, idle wheel, idler pulleya pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it snatch blocka pulley-block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope machine, simple machine a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point 2v support, secure, or raise with a block block a plate for printing block the wheels of a car Hyper hold, hold up, support, sustain be the physical support of; carry the weight of |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。