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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- brick [brɪk]
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1.
noun
[c/u]
(for building) 砖
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1.
noun
[c/u]
(for building) 砖
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- brick [brɪk]
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1.
n
a rectangular block of clay mixed with sand and fired in a kiln or baked by the sun, used in building construction
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2.
n
(as modifier)
- a brick house
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3.
n
the material used to make such blocks
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4.
n
any rectangular block
- a brick of ice
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5.
n
bricks collectively
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6.
n
[informal]
a reliable, trustworthy, or helpful person
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7.
n
[Brit]
a child's building block
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8.
n
short for brick red
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9.
vt.
[tr]
[
usually foll by in, upor over] to construct, line, pave, fill, or wall up with bricks- to brick up a window
- brick over a patio
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10.
vt.
[slang]
to attack (a person) with a brick or bricks
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11.
vt.
[Etymology]
C15: from Old French brique, from Middle Dutch bricke; related to Middle Low German brike, Old English brecan to
break
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1.
n
a rectangular block of clay mixed with sand and fired in a kiln or baked by the sun, used in building construction
Examples
- brick red
- 似砖那样红 → brick
- Somebody threw a brick through his window last night.
- 昨天晚上，有人从窗户扔进一个砖头。 → brick
- I live in an old red-brick house in a village near London.
- 我住在伦敦附近村庄一所老旧的红砖房里。 → brick
- I think I'm lost, all I can see in front of me is a brick wall.
- 我想我迷路了，在我面前只有一堵砖墙。 → brick
- She is such a brick! She helped me so many times.
- 她真是个好心人，帮过我很多忙。 → brick
- Thanks for all you've done for me; you're a real brick, you know that.
- 谢谢你为我所做的一切；无需多说，你是个大好人。 → brick
- a brick house → brick
- a brick of ice → brick
- to brick up a window → brick
- brick over a patio → brick
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