brick

brick
noun
  1. a small rectangular block typically made or fired sun-dried clay, used in building
    砖，砖块
    ■[mass noun]bricks collectively as a building material
    砖
    this mill was built of brick.
    这个磨坊是用砖建造的。
    [as modifier]a large brick building.
    一幢高大的砖楼。
    ■a small, rectangular object
    砖形物
    a brick of ice cream.
    冰砖。
    ■(Brit.)a child's toy building block
    (英)积木
  2. (Brit. informal, dated)a generous, helpful, and reliable person
    (英，非正式 旧)慷慨可靠的人，乐于助人的人
    ‘You are really a brick, Vi,’ Gloria said.
    “你真是个大好人，维，”格洛里娅说。
verb
  1. [with obj.and usu. with adverbial](常作 be bricked)block or enclose with a wall of bricks
    用砖墙围起，用砖砌起
    the doors have been bricked.
    门都用砖墙封了起来。
  2. (be bricking oneself)(Brit. vulgar slang)be extremely worried or nervous
    (英，粗俚)极紧张，非常担心
常用词组
be built like a brick shithouse
  1. 见 shithouse
a brick short of a load
  1. 见 short
bricks and mortar
  1. buildings, typically housing
    建筑物（尤指住房）
    untold acres are being buried under bricks and mortar.
    数不清的土地正被用来建造房屋。
    ■a building, typically a house, considered in terms of its value as an investment
    房产
    ■[as modifier]used to denote a business that operates conventionally rather than (or as well as) over the Internet
    （企业）按传统模式（而非通过因特网）运营的；既以传统模式又通过因特网经营的
    the bricks-and-mortar banks.
    按传统模式运营的银行。
come up against (或 hit) a brick wall
  1. face an insuperable problem or obstacle while trying to do something
    遇见不可克服的困难
like a ton of bricks
  1. (informal)with crushing weight, force, or authority
    (非正式)具有压倒性的重量（影响或权威），势不可挡
    the FA came down on him like a ton of bricks.
    足球协会以咄咄逼人之势向他兴师问罪。
you can't make bricks without straw
  1. (proverb)nothing can be made or accomplished without proper or adequate material or information
    (谚)巧妇难为无米之炊
语源
  1. late Middle English : from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch bricke, brike; probably reinforced by Old French brique; of unknown ultimate origin
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