blocks

英 [blɒks]

美 [blɑːks]

n. (方形平面)大块; 立方体; (公寓、办公、教学、医院等)大楼; (成组建筑中的)一栋楼房; 四面临街的一方块楼群; 街区
v. 堵塞; 阻塞; 堵住(某人的路等); 挡住(某人的视线等); 妨碍; 阻碍
block的第三人称单数和复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 大楼；大厦
Ablockof flats or offices is a large building containing them.
1. ...blocks of council flats.
  一栋栋市政公寓大楼
2. ...a white-painted apartment block.
  一栋漆成白色的公寓大楼
N-COUNT 街区
Ablockin a town is an area of land with streets on all its sides.
1. She walked four blocks down High Street...
  她沿着商业大街走了4个街区。
2. He walked around the block three times.
  他绕着这个街区转了3圈。
N-COUNT （长方形）块，大块
Ablock ofa substance is a large rectangular piece of it.
1. ...a block of ice.
  一大块冰
VERB 阻塞，堵塞（道路、管道等）
Toblocka road, channel, or pipe means to put an object across it or in it so that nothing can pass through it or along it.
1. Some students today blocked a highway that cuts through the center of the city...
  今天一些学生堵塞了一条贯穿市中心的公路。
2. When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream...
  一旦养虾场建起来，将会截断这条河流。
3. He can clear blocked drains.
  他能清理堵塞的排水沟。
VERB 挡住，遮住（视线）
If somethingblocksyour view, it prevents you from seeing something because it is between you and that thing.
1. ...a row of spruce trees that blocked his view of the long north slope of the mountain.
  一排云杉挡住了他的视线，使他看不到这座山绵长的北坡
VERB 堵住，阻挡，挡住（去路）
If youblocksomeone's way, you prevent them from going somewhere or entering a place by standing in front of them.
1. I started to move round him, but he blocked my way...
  我准备绕过他，但他挡住了我。
2. Mr Calder tried to leave the shop but the police officer blocked his path.
  考尔德先生想离开商店，但是那位警员拦住了他。
VERB 阻挠；阻止；妨碍
If youblocksomething that is being arranged, you prevent it from being done.
1. For years the country has tried to block imports of various cheap foreign products...
  多年来，这个国家一直竭力阻挠各种廉价外国产品的进口。
2. His persistent attempts to complain to his superiors were blocked and ignored.
  他一再试图向上级投诉，但都被挡了回来并置之不理。
VERB （体育运动中）拦截，阻截（进球、对手等）
In some sports, if a playerblocksa shot or kick, they stop the ball reaching its target. If one playerblocksanother, the first stops the second from reaching or moving with the ball.
1. In the final seconds, Gunn goalie Kevin Cantwell blocked two shots.
  在最后的几秒钟，甘恩队的守门员凯文·坎特维尔扑出了两次射门。
N-COUNT （尤指按特定顺序同时售出的）大量，大批，大套（票、股票等）
Ablock ofsomething 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.
1. Those booking a block of seats get them at reduced rates.
  团体订座可享受折扣价。
（短时间的）思维停滞，思维中断
If you have amental blockor ablock, you are temporarily unable to do something that you can normally do which involves using, thinking about, or remembering something.
See also:breeze-block building block roadblock starting block stumbling block tower block. a chip off the old block
PHRASE 冒着败坏名声的风险；拿名誉（或地位）做赌注
If someonelaystheirhead on the block, orputstheirhead on the block, they are risking their reputation or position by taking a particular course of action.
1. The Chancellor, by his unusual statement, has put his head on the block.
  这位总理冒着丢乌纱帽的风险发表了一份非同寻常的声明。

双语例句

After the bowls and dishes were cleared away, the children sat at the table, playing with building blocks.
碗碟收拾好后，孩子们在桌旁坐下来玩积木。
Who could cut the millions of stone blocks and fit them together?
谁能切割出这数百万块的石块，再把它们堆叠起来呢？
He joined two blocks of wood with glue.
他用胶水把两块木头黏合起来。
Trees are depicted with blocks of flat colour or shading.
树木用单色块来涂绘或处理成阴影部分。
Glass blocks are sometimes substituted for ordinary bricks.
有时，玻璃砖被用来代替普通的砖。
The high and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling
20世纪60年代建造的高低不一的公寓楼群正在逐渐破损坍塌。
My feet were like blocks of ice despite the thermal socks
虽然穿了保暖袜子，我的双脚还是像冰块一样。
Walk two blocks northwest, take a left at19th, then you'll find the post office.
向西北走过两条街，在19道街向左拐，你就找到邮局了。
Whole blocks had been turned into smouldering rubble.
整座整座的街区都变成了一堆冒着青烟的瓦砾。
Two blocks beyond our school was a field where boys played football
离我们学校两个街区远的地方有个男孩们玩橄榄球的球场。