brick
noun
verb
brɪk
noun
1
a
hard
block
of
baked
clay
used
for
building
walls,
houses
etc
砖，砖块
C,U
a
brick
wall
砖墙
a
house
made
of
brick
砖房
Protesters
attacked
the
police
with
stones
and
bricks.
抗议者用石头和砖块袭击警察。
2
bricks and mortar
houses
–
used
especially
when
talking
about
them
as
an
INVESTMENT
房产〔尤指作为一种投资〕
3
a
small
square
block
of
wood,
plastic
etc
used
as
a
toy
[英] 积木
C | BrE
4
a
good
person
who
you
can
depend
on
when
you
are
in
trouble
[过时] 可以依靠的人
C | old-fashioned
verb
5
to
separate
an
area
from
a
larger
area
by
building
a
wall
of
bricks
用砖墙隔开
Some
of
the
rooms
had
been
bricked
off.
有几间房是用砖墙隔出来的。
6
to
fill
or
close
a
space
by
building
a
wall
of
bricks
in
it
用砖堵住 （围住 ）
The
windows
were
bricked
up.
窗户用砖堵起来了。