| 单词 | brick |
| 释义 | brick —bricklike, brickish, adj. /brik/, n. 1. a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 21/4 × 33/4 × 8 in. (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color. 2. such blocks collectively. 3. the material of which such blocks are made. 4. any block or bar having a similar size and shape: a gold brick; an ice-cream brick. 5. the length of a brick as a measure of thickness, as of a wall: one and a half bricks thick. 6. Informal. an admirably good or generous person. 7. drop a brick, to make a social gaffe or blunder, esp. an indiscreet remark. 8. hit the bricks, a. to walk the streets, esp. as an unemployed or homeless person. b. to go on strike: With contract talks stalled, workers are threatening to hit the bricks. Also, take to the bricks. 9. make bricks without straw, a. to plan or act on a false premise or unrealistic basis. b. to create something that will not last: To form governments without the consent of the people is to make bricks without straw. c. to perform a task despite the lack of necessary materials. v.t. 10. to pave, line, wall, fill, or build with brick. adj. 11. made of, constructed with, or resembling bricks. [1400-50; late ME brike < MD bricke; akin to BREAK] |
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