brick

英 [brɪk] 美[brɪk]

n. 砖，砖块；砖形物；心肠好的人
vt. 用砖砌
adj. 用砖做的；似砖的
n. (Brick)人名；(英、法、瑞典)布里克

近义词 cake pavement brown

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英英释义

1. rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

2. a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

词组搭配

be built like a brick shithouse

见 shithouse

考试真题

Brick and mortar stores (实体店) seem to be going the way of the yellow pages.

Despite the turmoil, brick and mortar won't disappear any time soon.

fighting back the tears, he spoke proudly of the fact that he had built their home from the ground up, and that he had pounded every nail and laid every brick in the process.

In the peak of the dot.com bubble, brick and mortar retail was one of those industries the internet was going to kill—and quickly.

Investors shouldn't write off brick and mortar.

Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble.

More than 20 years after the internet was opened to commerce, the Census Bureau tells us that brick and mortar sales accounted for 92.3 percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016.

But what about large, heavy structures like the Tremont hotel, which was a six-story brick building?

For example, she received the 2007 Brick Award recognizing the efforts of young people to change the world.

He asked the workers to use traditional techniques to make the bricks into walls, roofs and corridors.

Wang collected more than 7 million abandoned bricks of different ages.

实用场景例句

The windows had been bricked up.: 那些窗户用砖堵住了。

a brick wall: 砖墙

They put their money into bricks and mortar.: 他们把钱投资到了房产上。

a pile of bricks: 一摞砖

The school is built of brick.: 那所学校是用砖建造的。

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。

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。

The discussions in Brussels hit a brick wall.: 在布鲁塞尔进行的商谈进展受阻。

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。

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。

You were a brick, a real friend in need.: 你很够朋友，是真正的患难之交。

...a tiny garden surrounded by high brick walls.: 四周有高高的砖墙环绕的小花园

She built bookshelves out of bricks and planks.: 她用砖和木板制作书架。

I caught my coat on a loose brick projecting from the wall.: 我把大衣挂在一个突出于墙外的一块松动的砖头上.

Multifunctional videorecorders have enjoyed brick sales.: 多功能录像机一直在市场走俏.

We tied this letter to a brick and threw it over the railing.: 我们把信系在砖上,然后抛过栏杆去.

In these houses, there are kangs built of stone or brick.: 这些房子里有石头或砖垒的炕.

She stared blankly at the brick wall in front of her.: 她面无表情地瞪着面前的砖墙.

Trying to get that class to learn anything is like knocking your head against a brick wall!: 想要那个班的学生学习点东西是白费气力.

The house has a wooden frame which is braced with brick.: 这幢房子是木结构的砖瓦房.

I chip away the damaged brick and replaced it with a new one.: 我把那块损坏了的砖头一点一点地敲掉,然后换上一块新的.

An overlay of wood covers the brick wall.: 砖墙上覆盖了一层木板.

The school is built of brick.: 那所学校是用砖建造的。

Someone had flung a brick through the window.: 有人把一块砖扔进了窗户。

He hurled a brick through the window.: 他往窗户里扔了块砖。

He took it apart brick by brick, and put it back together again.: 他一块砖一块砖地把它拆开，然后又把它组合起来。

Each brick also varies slightly in tone, texture and size.: 每块砖在色调、质地与大小上也都略有不同。

中文词源

brick 砖

词源同break, 原指碎石片。

助记提示

1. 想一想金砖四国（bric => brick），到后来的金砖五国（brics => bricks），这个单词就太容易记住了。
2. 所谓金砖四国，即：brazil, russia, india, china, 由于这四国的首字母缩写刚好是brick这个单词的发音（bric），由于这几个国家是有巨大潜力的大型经济体，所以被称为“金砖四国”，后来还专门成立了“金砖国家组织”，再后来又扩展成了金砖五国，加入了南非（South Africa）, 于是就变成了 bric 的复数形式 brics，也就是 bricks 的发音 , 2014年还专门成立了金砖国家开发银行，总部就在咱们中国上海。

双语例句

1. Each brick also varies slightly in tone, texture and size.: 每块砖在色调、质地与大小上也都略有不同。

2. On South Main Street, a huge brick building looms into view.: 在南大街上，一座巨大的砖砌建筑赫然出现在人们的视线中。

3. He flattened himself against a brick wall as I passed.: 他紧贴一面砖墙站着好让我通过。

4. Her car swerved off the road into a 6ft high brick wall.: 她的车突然转向冲出了马路，撞向6英尺高的一面砖墙。

5. She learned the rudiments of brick-laying, wiring and plumbing.: 她学习了砌砖、布线和管道工程的基本知识。

英文词源

brick: brick: [15] For what is today such a common phenomenon, the word brick made a surprisingly late entry into the English language. But of course until the later Middle Ages, bricks were very little used in Britain. It was not until the mid-15th century that they were introduced by Flemish builders, and they appear to have brought the word, Middle Dutch bricke, with them. The ultimate source of the word is not clear, although some have tried to link it with break.
brick (n.): early 15c., from Old French briche "brick," probably from a Germanic source akin to Middle Dutch bricke "a tile," literally "a broken piece," from the verbal root of break (v.). Meaning "a good, honest fellow" is from 1840, probably on notion of squareness (as in fair and square) though most extended senses of brick (and square) applied to persons in English are not meant to be complimentary. Brick wall in the figurative sense of "impenetrable barrier" is from 1886.
brick (v.): "to wall up with bricks," 1640s, from brick (n.). Related: Bricked; bricking.

词态变化

复数: bricks;