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Brick Wall Building Brɪk Verb Mortar Houses Bricked

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brick ★★☆☆☆
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[N-VAR 可变名词]砖;砖料 Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. Brick is the material made up of these blocks.
  • She built bookshelves out of bricks and planks.

    她用砖和木板制作书架。

  • ...a tiny garden surrounded by high brick walls.

    四周有高高的砖墙环绕的小花园

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    [N-SING 单数名词]患难之交;可靠的朋友 If you say that someone is a brick, you mean that they have helped you or supported you when you were in a difficult situation.
      [a N]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
      [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
  • You were a brick, a real friend in need.

    你很够朋友,是真正的患难之交。

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    [PHRASE 短语]白费力气;枉费心机 If you are banging your head against a brick wall, what you are saying or doing is not having any effect although you keep saying or doing it.
      [V inflects]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • I wanted to sort out this problem with him, but it was like banging my head against a brick wall.

    我曾想跟他把这个问题给解决了,但结果徒劳无功。

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    [PHRASE 短语]碰壁;陷入困境 If you hit a brick wall or come up against a brick wall, you are unable to continue or make progress because something stops you.
      [V inflects]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • After that my career just seemed to hit a brick wall...

    在那之后我的事业似乎就陷入了困境。

  • The discussions in Brussels hit a brick wall.

    在布鲁塞尔进行的商谈进展受阻。

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    [PHRASE 短语](尤指视为投资的)房产 You can use bricks and mortar to refer to houses and other buildings, especially when they are considered as an investment.
  • Paying rent simply helps to line the pockets of landlords. It's far better to put your money into bricks and mortar of your own...

    租房子只会鼓了房东的腰包,自己投资买房要合算得多。

  • As an investment, bricks and mortar are not what they were.

    作为一种投资,房产不再是从前意义上的房产。

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    to come down on somebody like a ton of bricks→see:
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    相关词组:
    brick up

    Oxford
    brick / brɪk ; NAmE brɪk /
    noun
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    verb
    brick bricks bricked bricking
    noun 1 [countable ,  uncountable ] baked clayused for building walls, houses and other buildings; an individual block of this 砖;砖块 The school is built of brick. 那所学校是用砖建造的。 a pile of bricks 一摞砖 a brick wall 砖墙 see also
    red-brick
    2 [countable ] a plastic or wooden block, used as a toy for young children to build things with 积木 3 [countable ,  usually singular ] ( old-fashioned) ( BrE informal) a friend that you can rely on when you need help 可靠的朋友 IDIOMS be up against a brick ˈwall to be unable to make any progress because there is a difficulty that stops you 遇到难以逾越的障碍 bricks and ˈmortar buildings, when you are thinking of them in connection with how much they cost to build or how much they are worth 实体产业(借房产来指代具体规模) They put their money into bricks and mortar. 他们把钱投资到了房产上。 ( business ) a new Internet company without a lot of bricks-and-mortar businesses (= businesses with buildings that customers go to) 一家没有多少实体产业的新网络公司 ( NAmE also) brick-and-mortar businesses 实体企业 make bricks without ˈstraw ( BrE) to try to work without the necessary material, money, information, etc. 作无米之炊 more at
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    verb PHRASAL VERB ˌbrick sth↔ˈin/ˈup to fill an opening in a wall with bricks 用砖堵住墙上的洞 The windows had been bricked up. 那些窗户用砖堵住了。 brick / brɪk ; NAmE brɪk /
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    brick1 noun
    brick2 verb
    brickbrick1 /brɪk/ ●●● S2 W3 noun
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    1[countable, uncountable] a hard block of baked clay used for building walls, houses etc:  a brick wall a house made of brick Protesters attacked the police with stones and bricks.2bricks and mortar houses – used especially when talking about them as an investment3[countable] British English a small square block of wood, plastic etc used as a toy4[countable] old-fashioned a good person who you can depend on when you are in trouble5bricks to clicks used to talk about changing from selling things in shops to selling things on the Internet be (like) banging/bashing etc your head against a brick wall
    at head1(31)
    , → drop a brick
    at drop1(27)
    brick1 noun
    brick2 verb
    brickbrick2 verb
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    be bricking it British English informal to feel very nervous or frightenedbrick something ↔ off phrasal verb to separate an area from a larger area by building a wall of bricks:  Some of the rooms had been bricked off.brick something ↔ up/in phrasal verb to fill or close a space by building a wall of bricks in it:  The windows were bricked up.
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