0 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:
2 a large, usually tall building divided into separate parts for use as offices or homes by several different organizations or people:
3 a group of things bought, dealt with, or considered together:
4 something that blocks a tube or opening:
A block in (= an object blocking) the pipe was preventing the water from coming through.
5 to prevent movement through something:
As she left the court, an angry crowd tried to block her way.
She was very talented and I felt her parents were blocking her progress.
A group of politicians blocked the proposal.
Federal agents blocked the accounts of five money-transfer operations in the city.
The carriers said they have rigorous filters to block spam, and they allow customers to block messages from certain numbers.
Prosecutors say Wilson allegedly made the calls from a blocked phone number.
My mom found out that I blocked her on Twitter and gave me another serious talk.
In the Block Users section you should see a list of people you've blocked.
6 the buildings next to each other between crossing streets, or the distance from one street to the next in a city or town:
8 a group of things considered together, or an amount of something:
9 to prevent movement through or past something, or to prevent something from happening or succeeding:
10 to decide officially to stop something from happening or continuing:
The federal government's fight to block a bankruptcy settlement was rejected by the Supreme Court.
block a bid/deal/merger The Federal Trade Commission said it planned to block the merger.
11 if a bank blocks someone's account, they make it impossible for that person to remove money from it:
Accounts of all suspected terrorists have been blocked.
12 to stop emails, text messages, phone calls, etc. from a particular person:
13 a large number of shares that are sold by one organization at a particular time:
14 an official decision to stop something happening or continuing:
15 a building consisting of several apartments, offices, etc.:
There are four apartments in each block.
17 to risk a bad thing happening to you, for example getting a bad reputation, by doing something or helping someone:
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.
The blocks of stone had to be lifted into position with a system of pulleys.
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區域, 街區, 街段…
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区域, 街区, 街段…
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manzana, bloque, bloquear…
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quarteirão, bloco, prédio…
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街区(1つの通りから次の通りまでの距離), (四角い)塊, 角材…
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blok, engel, kütük…
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bloc [masculine], pâté [masculine] de maisons, obstacle [masculine]…
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