block
noun uk/blɒk/ us/blɑːk/
(AREA)
A2 [ C ] mainly US街区;街段
the distance along a street from where one road crosses it to the place where the next road crosses it, or one part of a street like this, especially in a town or city
The museum is just six blocks away. 博物馆离这儿只有6条街。
My friend and I live on the same block. 我和我的朋友住在同一个街区。
A2 [ C ]街区里的大楼
a square group of buildings or houses with roads on each side
I took a walk around the block. 我围着大楼散步。
round/around the block 在前面转过去的那条街上
on the next street that crosses this street
He lives just around the block. 他就住在前面转过去的那条街上。
- More examples
- The queue for tickets snaked all the way around the block.
- He went for/took a walk around the block, to get some air.
- She drove the car round the block to charge (up) its batteries.
- She likes to roll out the welcome wagon for everyone who moves onto the block.
- He was found slain in an alley two blocks from his apartment.
(PIECE)
B2 [ C ]一大块（直边的硬物）
a solid, straight-sided piece of hard material
a block of wood/ice 一大块木头／冰
the block[ S ] （罪犯被斩首时的）垫头木
(in the past) a large piece of wood on which criminals had their head cut off
Anne Boleyn went to (= was killed on) the block. 安妮·博林上了断头台。
- More examples
- a 200 kilo block of concrete
- They cut enormous blocks of stone out of the hillside.
- The blocks of stone had to be lifted into position with a system of pulleys.
- When a glacier meets the sea, large blocks of ice may break off and float away as icebergs.
- Hollow blocks are used because they are lighter.
(BUILDING)
B1 [ C ]大厦，大楼
a large, usually tall building divided into separate parts for use as offices or homes by several different organizations or people
an office block 写字楼
UK a tower block 塔楼
UK a block of flats 公寓大楼
(GROUP)
[ C ]一组;一批;一叠
a group of things bought, dealt with, or considered together
a block of tickets/seats/shares 一叠票／一个座位区／一大宗股票
Corporate hospitality firms make block bookings (= buy large numbers of seats) at big sporting events. 负责安排活动招待客户的公司每逢有大型体育赛事就预订团体票。
(OBJECT BLOCKING)
C2 [ C usually singular ]堵塞物
something that blocks a tube or opening
A block in (= an object blocking) the pipe was preventing the water from coming through. 管道中的东西堵住了水流。
Synonym: blockage
Idioms
go on the blockidiom US 被拍卖
to be sold at an auction (= public sale)
have/put your head on the blockidiom 冒着掉脑袋的危险;冒着受惩罚的危险
to risk a bad thing happening to you by doing something or helping someone
I'm not going to put my head on the block for you. 我不会为你冒险的。
block
verb [ T ] uk/blɒk/ us/blɑːk/
B2 堵塞；阻挡；阻碍
to prevent movement through something
A fallen tree is blocking the road. 一棵倒下的树挡住了路。
As she left the court, an angry crowd tried to block her way. 她离开法庭的时候，愤怒的人群试图阻挡她的去路。
C1 挡住视线
to be between someone and the thing they are looking at, so that they cannot see
My view was blocked by a tall man in front of me. 我的视线被前面的高个男子挡住了。
C2 妨碍
to stop something from happening or succeeding
She was very talented and I felt her parents were blocking her progress. 她很有才华，我觉得她的父母妨碍了她的发展。
A group of politicians blocked the proposal. 一群政客使该提案流产了。
- More examples
- In theory the British government could use its veto to block this proposal.
- The road is open now, but it is often blocked by snow in the winter.
- The dense foliage overhead almost blocked out the sun.
- From the smell it was evident that the drains had been blocked for several days.
Phrasal verbs
block something/someone in （车辆）把（其他车辆）堵在里面
to put a vehicle so close to another vehicle that it cannot drive away
Another car had parked behind me and blocked me in. 另一辆汽车停在我后面，把我的车堵在里面了。
block something off 封住（路）;封锁（出入口）
to close a road, path, or entrance so that people cannot use it
All the roads out of the town had been blocked off by the police. 所有出城的路都被警察封锁了。
block something out 挡住（光线或噪声）
to stop light or noise from passing through something
The tree outside the window blocks out the sun. 窗外的树遮住了阳光。
不去想（不愉快的往事）
to stop yourself from thinking about an unpleasant memory because it upsets you
He's trying to block out memories of the accident. 他努力不去回想那场事故。
block something up 堵塞，阻塞
to fill a narrow space with something so that nothing can pass through
In autumn, leaves block the drains up. 秋天，树叶会堵塞排水管道。