brick的意思

brick

英式音标[brɪk]
美式英标[brɪk]

基本解释

n. 砖，砖块；砖形物；心肠好的人

vt. 用砖砌

adj. 用砖做的；似砖的

n. (Brick)人名；(英、法、瑞典)布里克

brick 砖

词源同break, 原指碎石片。

brick: brick: [15] For what is today such a common phenomenon, the word brick made a surprisingly late entry into the English language. But of course until the later Middle Ages, bricks were very little used in Britain. It was not until the mid-15th century that they were introduced by Flemish builders, and they appear to have brought the word, Middle Dutch bricke, with them. The ultimate source of the word is not clear, although some have tried to link it with break.
brick (n.): early 15c., from Old French briche "brick," probably from a Germanic source akin to Middle Dutch bricke "a tile," literally "a broken piece," from the verbal root of break (v.). Meaning "a good, honest fellow" is from 1840, probably on notion of squareness (as in fair and square) though most extended senses of brick (and square) applied to persons in English are not meant to be complimentary. Brick wall in the figurative sense of "impenetrable barrier" is from 1886.
brick (v.): "to wall up with bricks," 1640s, from brick (n.). Related: Bricked; bricking.

1. Each brick also varies slightly in tone, texture and size.: 每块砖在色调、质地与大小上也都略有不同。

2. On South Main Street, a huge brick building looms into view.: 在南大街上，一座巨大的砖砌建筑赫然出现在人们的视线中。

4. Her car swerved off the road into a 6ft high brick wall.: 她的车突然转向冲出了马路，撞向6英尺高的一面砖墙。

5. She learned the rudiments of brick-laying, wiring and plumbing.: 她学习了砌砖、布线和管道工程的基本知识。