brick
[brɪk] noun
BUILDING BLOCK 砖
IMPROVER countable
■a rectangular block of hard material used for building walls and houses 砖•The chimney was made of bricks.烟囱是用砖砌的。 •We lived in a Victorian terrace of red -brick houses.我们住在维多利亚式的红砖房连排屋中。 •He was so embarrassed - his face went brick -red (= a dark red).他尴尬极了，脸涨得紫红紫红的。 ⇒ See also airbrick;redbrick
[brɪk] noun
GOOD PERSON 好人
countable usually singular old-fashioned or humorous
■a very helpful and kind person who can be trusted 好心人；可靠的人•Thanks for bringing all that food along to the party, Tony, you're a brick!东尼，谢谢你带那些食物来参加聚会，你真是个好心人！
[brɪk] noun
bricks and clicks (also clicks and bricks)
■when a company uses both shops and the Internet to sell products （公司采用的）实物交易与网上交易并存的做法•Traditional supermarkets are now pursuing a bricks and clicks strategy.传统的超级市场现正采取实物交易与网上交易并用的做法。
[brɪk] noun
bricks and mortar
■property in the form of buildings usually when considered as an investment 房产；有形资产•I was nearly forty when I finally invested in bricks and mortar.我快40了才置下一处房产。
[brɪk] noun
You can't make bricks without straw. UK saying
■used to say that you cannot make something without the necessary materials 巧妇难为无米之炊。
[brɪk] verb
Phrasal Verbs [M] brick up sth
■to build a wall of bricks around something, or to fill something with bricks 用砖砌墙围住；用砖堵住•The doors and windows had been bricked up to prevent squatters from getting in.门窗都用砖堵上了，为的是防止擅自占住空屋者进入。 |