brick

【brick音标】 英[brɪk] 美[brɪk]

【单词释义】 brick是什么意思：

n.砖，砖块；砖块状物体；一砖的厚度；〈口〉大好人

vt.用砖建造、砌或铺；用砖围住或堵住

adj.用砖做的；似砖的

[单词分级] 高考英语词汇

[单词复数] bricks [第三人称单数] bricks

[单词现在分词] bricking

[单词过去式] bricked

[单词过去分词] bricked

【brick形近词/近似词】

trick   n.诡计；戏法；诀窍；恶作剧 v.欺骗；欺诈

prick   v.扎，刺，戳；刺伤，刺痛；刺破 n.刺，扎；刺伤，刺痛

maverick   n.标新立异的人；持不同意见的人 adj.标新立异的；特立独行的

goldbrick   v.称病；欺诈；懒汉 n.偷懒者

【单词例句】

◇ Millions of brick houses and a number of dams were destroyed. Railway tracks became useless bars. Pipes in mines burst and let out smelly steam. Huge cracks trapped cyclists everywhere.
数以百万的砖房和许多水坝遭到破坏；铁路轨道都变成无用的铁条；煤矿管道纷纷爆裂，发出有臭味的蒸汽；到处都有骑车的人被巨大的裂缝陷住。

---- A Horrible Earthquake

◇ When he used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to market, he found that customers would pass up the rapidly melting stuff in the tubs of his competitors to pay a premium price for his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks.
当他用自己设计的冰箱运送黄油去市场时，他发现顾客们会走过装在竞争者桶里那些迅速融化的黄油而给他比市价更高的价格买他仍然新鲜坚硬，整齐地切成一磅一块的黄油。

---- The Origin of Refrigerators