block是什么意思

详细释义

• 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 -- 街區；街段

  • The museum is just six blocks away. 博物館離這兒只有六條街。

  • My friend and I live on the same block. 我和我的朋友住在同一個街區。

  • I took a walk around the block. 我圍著大樓散步。

  • He lives just around the block. 他就住在前面轉過去的那條街上。

• 1 a solid, straight-sided piece of hard material -- 一大塊（直邊的硬物）

  • a block of wood/ice 一大塊木頭／冰

  • Anne Boleyn went to (= was killed on) the block. 安妮·博林上了斷頭臺。

• 2 a large, usually tall building divided into separate parts for use as offices or homes by several different organizations or people -- 大廈，大樓

  • an office block 辦公大樓

  • UK a tower block 塔樓

  • UK a block of flats 公寓大樓

• 3 a group of things bought, dealt with, or considered together -- 一組；一批；一疊

  • a block of tickets/seats/shares 一疊票／一個座位區／一大宗股票

  • Corporate hospitality firms make block bookings (= buy large numbers of seats) at big sporting events. 負責安排活動招待客戶的公司每逢有大型體育賽事就預訂團體票。

• 4 something that blocks a tube or opening -- 堵塞物

  • A block in (= an object blocking) the pipe was preventing the water from coming through. 管道中的東西堵住了水流。

• 5 to prevent movement through something -- 堵塞；阻擋；阻礙

  • A fallen tree is blocking the road. 一棵倒下的樹擋住了路。

  • As she left the court, an angry crowd tried to block her way. 她離開法庭的時候，憤怒的人群試圖阻擋她的去路。

  • My view was blocked by a tall man in front of me. 我的視線被前面的高個男子擋住了。

  • She was very talented and I felt her parents were blocking her progress. 她很有才華，我覺得她的父母妨礙了她的發展。

  • A group of politicians blocked the proposal. 一群政客使該提案流産了。