1. knock sb.'s block off : 痛打某人;
2. block in : 草拟;
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1. 大楼;大厦
A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
2. 街区
A block in a town is an area of land with streets on all its sides.
3. (长方形)块,大块
A block of a substance is a large rectangular piece of it.
4. 阻塞,堵塞(道路、管道等)
To block a road, channel, or pipe means to put an object across it or in it so that nothing can pass through it or along it.
5. 挡住,遮住(视线)
If something blocks your view, it prevents you from seeing something because it is between you and that thing.
6. 堵住,阻挡,挡住(去路)
If you block someone's way, you prevent them from going somewhere or entering a place by standing in front of them.
7. 阻挠;阻止;妨碍
If you block something that is being arranged, you prevent it from being done.
8. (体育运动中)拦截,阻截(进球、对手等)
In some sports, if a player blocks a shot or kick, they stop the ball reaching its target. If one player blocks another, the first stops the second from reaching or moving with the ball.
9. (尤指按特定顺序同时售出的)大量,大批,大套(票、股票等)
A block of something such as tickets or shares is a large quantity of them, especially when they are all sold at the same time and are in a particular sequence or order.
10. (短时间的)思维停滞,思维中断
If you have a mental block or a block, you are temporarily unable to do something that you can normally do which involves using, thinking about, or remembering something.
11. see also: breeze-block;building block;roadblock;starting block;stumbling block;tower block. a chip off the old block
- see chip
12. 冒着败坏名声的风险;拿名誉(或地位)做赌注
If someone lays their head on the block, or puts their head on the block, they are risking their reputation or position by taking a particular course of action.
1. the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
Synonym: blocking
2. a platform from which an auctioneer sells
e.g. they put their paintings on the block
Synonym: auction block
3. a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
e.g. the pyramids were built with large stone blocks
4. housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
e.g. there is a block of classrooms in the west wing
5. an obstruction in a pipe or tube
e.g. we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
Synonym: blockageclosureocclusionstopstoppage
6. a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
e.g. the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked
Synonym: engine blockcylinder block
7. 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
Synonym: pulleypulley-blockpulley block
8. an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do
often caused by emotional tension
e.g. I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block
Synonym: mental block
9. a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
e.g. he reserved a large block of seats
he held a large block of the company's stock
10. a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
e.g. he lives in the next block
Synonym: city block
11. (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
e.g. since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably
12. a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
Synonym: cube