一、详细释义:
n.
块 [C]
例句:
The whole basin of water may be turned into a block of ice.
整盆水会变成一大块冰。
例句:
The shop assistant recommended the alphabet block and arithmetic block.
售货员推荐了字母表积木和算术积木。
障碍物,阻碍 [C]
例句:
The government's stubborn attitude was a block to further talks.
政府的僵硬态度是进一步会谈的障碍。
例句:
There is a block in the pipe and the water can't flow away.
管子里有阻塞物,水流不出去。
街区 [C]
例句:
Head straight up the street about a block and then turn right.
顺着这条街一直走约一个街区,然后右转弯。
例句:
I think I'd better take a walk around the block and shake dinner down.
我想我最好绕着街区散步,消化腹中之食。
大楼,大厦 [C]
例句:
The students occupied the Administration Block.
学生占领了行政大楼。
例句:
The new office block doesn't blend in with its surroundings.
新的办公大楼与周围的环境很不协调。
v.
阻塞 [T]
例句:
Two wrecks block the entrance to the harbour.
两艘船的残骸堵塞了通往港口的入口。
例句:
He wanted to bomb Chinese bases in Manchuria and block Chinese ports.
他要求轰炸满州的中国基地并封锁中国的港口。
阻止;限制 [T]
例句:
Too much oxygen can also block regeneration.
过多的氧也可阻碍再生。
例句:
Let's not allow shyness to block our chances for a rich and fulfilling life.
不要让羞怯妨碍我们多彩成功的生活。
二、词义辨析:
block,bar,hinder,obstruct,prevent,hamper
这些动词均含有“阻止、阻塞”之意。block语气强烈,指有效堵住了通道,使人或物无法通过。bar含义与block很接近,指阻塞通道或禁止出入,但有对暗示不用障碍物的阻止或禁止。hinder语气较轻,多指阻碍、拖延人或事,强调使进展速度缓慢下来。obstruct正式用词,语气强,多指以干扰或设置障碍的方式阻碍交通,使不能自由畅通。prevent含义广泛,指采取预防措施或设置障碍去阻止某人或某事。hamper侧重因受到约束或阻碍而造成的行动困难。
三、相关短语:
block letter
n.木板字,印刷体字母
block off
堵住,阻住,隔开
block out
v.1. 遮住,挡住 2. 遮挡…使不被印出来 3. 画出…的略图;打草样;计划
block up
v.阻碍,垫高
building block
n.[C]1.(儿童游戏用的)积木2. (building blocks 复数型)基础材料、基本论据;组成部分;构成要素3. 【建筑】砌块
office block
办公大楼