一、详细释义:


n.

块 [C]


例句:

The whole basin of water may be turned into a block of ice.

整盆水会变成一大块冰。


例句:

The shop assistant recommended the alphabet block and arithmetic block.

售货员推荐了字母表积木和算术积木。


障碍物,阻碍 [C]


例句:

The government's stubborn attitude was a block to further talks.

政府的僵硬态度是进一步会谈的障碍。


例句:

There is a block in the pipe and the water can't flow away.

管子里有阻塞物,水流不出去。


街区 [C]


例句:

Head straight up the street about a block and then turn right.

顺着这条街一直走约一个街区,然后右转弯。


例句:

I think I'd better take a walk around the block and shake dinner down.

我想我最好绕着街区散步,消化腹中之食。


大楼,大厦 [C]


例句:

The students occupied the Administration Block.

学生占领了行政大楼。


例句:

The new office block doesn't blend in with its surroundings.

新的办公大楼与周围的环境很不协调。


v.

阻塞 [T]


例句:

Two wrecks block the entrance to the harbour.

两艘船的残骸堵塞了通往港口的入口。


例句:

He wanted to bomb Chinese bases in Manchuria and block Chinese ports.

他要求轰炸满州的中国基地并封锁中国的港口。


阻止;限制 [T]


例句:

Too much oxygen can also block regeneration.

过多的氧也可阻碍再生。


例句:

Let's not allow shyness to block our chances for a rich and fulfilling life.

不要让羞怯妨碍我们多彩成功的生活。


二、词义辨析:


block,bar,hinder,obstruct,prevent,hamper

这些动词均含有“阻止、阻塞”之意。 block语气强烈,指有效堵住了通道,使人或物无法通过。 bar含义与block很接近,指阻塞通道或禁止出入,但有对暗示不用障碍物的阻止或禁止。 hinder语气较轻,多指阻碍、拖延人或事,强调使进展速度缓慢下来。 obstruct正式用词,语气强,多指以干扰或设置障碍的方式阻碍交通,使不能自由畅通。 prevent含义广泛,指采取预防措施或设置障碍去阻止某人或某事。 hamper侧重因受到约束或阻碍而造成的行动困难。


三、相关短语:


block letter

n.木板字,印刷体字母


block off

堵住,阻住,隔开


block out

v. 1. 遮住,挡住 2. 遮挡…使不被印出来 3. 画出…的略图;打草样;计划


block up

v.阻碍,垫高


building block

n.[C] 1.(儿童游戏用的)积木 2. (building blocks 复数型)基础材料、基本论据;组成部分;构成要素 3. 【建筑】砌块


office block

办公大楼


stumbling block

n. 障碍物,绊脚石


wood block

n.木板,木块,木版画,木刻


block and tackle

n.[机]滑轮,滑车设备


atrioventricular block

房室传导阻滞


block anesthesia

阻滞麻醉


block capital

方块式柱头


四、参考例句:


The skyscrapers block our view.

摩天大楼挡住了我们的视线。


She belongs in this block.

她住在这一条街区。


We live on the same block

我们住在同一个街区。


My home is in Block A. 。

我家在A幢大厦


We live in the same block.

我们住在同一个街区。


He found a block of petrified wood.

他发现了一块石化了的木头。


Too much oxygen can also block regeneration.

过多的氧也可阻碍再生。


This simplified block diagram is valuable.

这个简化了的框图很有用


A heavy snowfall block the main road.

一次严重的降雪阻塞了主要公路。


This is the stumbling block before us.

这是挡在我们面前的一道坎。