N-COUNT 大楼;大厦 A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
...blocks of council flats. 一栋栋市政公寓大楼
...a white-painted apartment block. 一栋漆成白色的公寓大楼
N-COUNT 街区 A block in a town is an area of land with streets on all its sides.
She walked four blocks down High Street... 她沿着商业大街走了4个街区。
He walked around the block three times. 他绕着这个街区转了3圈。
N-COUNT (长方形)块,大块 A block of a substance is a large rectangular piece of it.
...a block of ice. 一大块冰
VERB 阻塞,堵塞(道路、管道等) To block a road, channel, or pipe means to put an object across it or in it so that nothing can pass through it or along it.
Some students today blocked a highway that cuts through the center of the city... 今天一些学生堵塞了一条贯穿市中心的公路。
When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream... 一旦养虾场建起来,将会截断这条河流。
He can clear blocked drains. 他能清理堵塞的排水沟。
VERB 挡住,遮住(视线) If something blocks your view, it prevents you from seeing something because it is between you and that thing.
...a row of spruce trees that blocked his view of the long north slope of the mountain. 一排云杉挡住了他的视线,使他看不到这座山绵长的北坡
VERB 堵住,阻挡,挡住(去路) If you block someone's way, you prevent them from going somewhere or entering a place by standing in front of them.
I started to move round him, but he blocked my way... 我准备绕过他,但他挡住了我。
Mr Calder tried to leave the shop but the police officer blocked his path. 考尔德先生想离开商店,但是那位警员拦住了他。
VERB 阻挠;阻止;妨碍 If you block something that is being arranged, you prevent it from being done.
For years the country has tried to block imports of various cheap foreign products... 多年来,这个国家一直竭力阻挠各种廉价外国产品的进口。
His persistent attempts to complain to his superiors were blocked and ignored. 他一再试图向上级投诉,但都被挡了回来并置之不理。
VERB (体育运动中)拦截,阻截(进球、对手等) In some sports, if a player blocks a shot or kick, they stop the ball reaching its target. If one player blocks another, the first stops the second from reaching or moving with the ball.
In the final seconds, Gunn goalie Kevin Cantwell blocked two shots. 在最后的几秒钟,甘恩队的守门员凯文·坎特维尔扑出了两次射门。
N-COUNT (尤指按特定顺序同时售出的)大量,大批,大套(票、股票等) A block of something such as tickets or shares is a large quantity of them, especially when they are all sold at the same time and are in a particular sequence or order.
Those booking a block of seats get them at reduced rates. 团体订座可享受折扣价。
(短时间的)思维停滞,思维中断 If you have a mental block or a block, you are temporarily unable to do something that you can normally do which involves using, thinking about, or remembering something.
PHRASE 冒着败坏名声的风险;拿名誉(或地位)做赌注 If someone lays their head on the block, or puts their head on the block, they are risking their reputation or position by taking a particular course of action.
The Chancellor, by his unusual statement, has put his head on the block. 这位总理冒着丢乌纱帽的风险发表了一份非同寻常的声明。