block

block, bar, hinder, obstruct, prevent, hamper

名词 block:

1. a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
2. a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
   同义词：city block
3. a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
   同义词：cube
4. a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
5. housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
6. (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
7. an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
   同义词：mental block
8. a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
   同义词：pulley, pulley-block
9. a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
   同义词：engine block, cylinder block
10. an obstruction in a pipe or tube
    同义词：blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
11. a platform from which an auctioneer sells
    同义词：auction block
12. the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
    同义词：blocking

动词 block:

1. render unsuitable for passage
   同义词：barricade, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
2. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
   同义词：obstruct, blockade, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
3. stop from happening or developing
   同义词：stop, halt, kibosh
4. interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
   同义词：jam
5. run on a block system
6. interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
7. shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
   同义词：obstruct
8. stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
9. obstruct
   同义词：stuff, lug, choke up
10. block passage through
    同义词：obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, close up
11. support, secure, or raise with a block
12. impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
    同义词：parry, deflect
13. be unable to remember
    同义词：forget, blank out, draw a blank
14. shape by using a block
15. shape into a block or blocks
16. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
    同义词：freeze, immobilize, immobilise

1. She chopped the block of wood in two with a single blow.
   她一斧头把木块劈成两半。
2. The heating system in this block doesn't work well.
   这个街区的供暖系统不太好用。
3. Police blocked off the street after the explosion.
   在发生爆炸之後，警方用路障封锁了那条路。
4. We live on the same block.
   我们住在同一个街区。
5. The trees outside the window blocked off the sun.
   窗外的树木挡住了阳光。
6. The floor was made of wooden blocks.
   地板是用木块拼成的。
7. The road was blocked by a huge rock.
   道路被一块大石头堵住了。

block

n.Abbr. blk.（名词）缩写 blk.

A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides.
硬块：有一个或多个平面的坚硬的固体块，如木料
Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support.
建材，支撑物：用于建筑或支撑的块料
Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done:
砧板：跺或切东西用的平台：
例句：
a butcher`s block.
肉贩的砧板

Such a piece upon which persons are beheaded.
断头台：斩首时用以放头之木块
A small wooden or plastic cube used as a building toy:
积木：用于组合玩具的木制或塑料制的小方块：
例句：
a set of blocks.
一组积木

Printing A large amount of text.
【印刷术】 印版，字模：大量不同的版本
Sports A starting block.
【体育运动】 起跑台
A stand from which articles are displayed and sold at an auction:
拍卖台：拍卖会上展示和销售物品的台子：
例句：
Many priceless antiques went on the block.
许多价值连城的古董被放置在拍卖台上

A mold or form on which an item is shaped or displayed:
楦，模：让物件成形和展示的模具：
例句：
a hat block.
帽楦

A substance, such as wood or stone, that has been prepared for engraving.
木料，石料：雕刻用的材料，如木头或石料

A pulley or a system of pulleys set in a casing.
滑轮，滑轮组：安装在机械外壳中的滑轮或滑轮组
An engine block.
内燃机引擎铸模
A bloc.
集团
A set of like items, such as shares of stock, sold or handled as a unit.
一组，一批：作为一体出售或处理的一批类似物品，如股票
A group of four or more unseparated postage stamps forming a rectangle.
四方联：一组四张或四张以上呈长方形的联张邮票
Canadian A group of townships in an unsurveyed area.
【加拿大】 镇区：未经测量地区中的镇区

A usually rectangular section of a city or town bounded on each side by consecutive streets.
街区：城镇中沿着连续的街道两边的呈长方形的地段
A segment of a street bounded by consecutive cross streets and including its buildings and inhabitants.
街段：由交叉路口界定的一段街，包括路边的建筑和居民
A large building divided into separate units, such as apartments.
大楼：分隔成许多单元的大厦，如公寓楼
A length of railroad track controlled by signals.
受信号器控制的铁轨
The act of obstructing.
阻碍，妨碍：阻碍的行为
Something that obstructs; an obstacle.
阻塞物；障碍物

Sports An act of bodily obstruction, as of a player or ball.
【体育运动】 阻挡：运动员用身体阻挡或用球挡
Football Legal interference with an opposing player to clear the path of the ball carrier.
【橄榄球】 阻挡：干扰对方队员为带球者开道的合乎规定的阻止
Medicine Interruption, especially obstruction, of a normal physiological function:
【医学】 阻滞：正常生理功能的中断，尤指阻塞：
例句：
nerve block.
神经传导阻滞

Psychology Sudden cessation of speech or a thought process without an immediate observable cause, sometimes considered a consequence of repression.
【心理学】 中断：说话或思虑无意识地突然中断，可能是感情压抑的结果
Slang The human head:
【俚语】 脑袋：
例句：
threatened to knock my block off.
威胁我要敲碎我的脑袋

A blockhead.
傻瓜、笨蛋
v.（动词）
blocked,block.ing,blocks
v.tr.（及物动词）
To shape into a block or blocks.
作模具
To support, strengthen, or retain in place by means of a block.
支撑，加强，保持：用木料和石料等支撑、加强或保持
To shape, mold, or form with or on a block:
制造，铸造，塑造：用楦模或在楦模上制造、铸造或塑造：
例句：
block a hat.
用帽楦制帽子

To stop or impede the passage of or movement through; obstruct:
妨碍，封锁，阻塞：阻止或妨碍…穿越或移动；阻碍：
例句：
block traffic.
妨碍交通

To shut out from view:
遮住视线：
例句：
a curtain blocking the stage.
一道遮住舞台的幕

To indicate broadly without great detail; sketch:
拟定，概要：不包括详细细节地大致描述；概要：
例句：
block out a plan of action.
拟定行动大纲

Sports To impede the movement of (an opponent or the ball) by physical interference.
【体育运动】 挡球：用身体阻挡对手或球的移动
Medicine To interrupt the proper functioning of (a nervous, muscular, or other physiological process), especially by the use of anesthesia.
【医学】 阻塞：中断（神经、肌肉或其他生理进程的）正常功能，尤指麻醉药的使用
Psychology To fail to remember.
【心理学】 失去记忆
To run (trains) on a block system.
用闭塞制管理（列车）
v.intr.（不及物动词）
Sports To obstruct the movement of an opponent.
【体育运动】 阻挡：阻碍对方队员跑动

<习惯用语>out of the blocks
From a starting position, as in a race or contest:
开始：比赛或竞赛从起点开始：
例句：
The company has in the past been slow out of the blocks to adapt to consumer tastes.
公司从一开始就适应了顾客的口味

来源：
Middle English blok
中古英语 blok
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Middle Dutch
源自 中古荷兰语

【引伸】
block.er
n.（名词）
<参考词汇><同义词>block,hide,obscure,obstruct,screen,shroudThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to cut off from sight.:
这些动词都带有.阻断，隔断.的意思：
例句：
trees that block the view;
树挡住了视线；

例句：
a road hidden by brush;
被灌木丛遮住的道路；

例句：
mist that obscures the mountain peak;
遮住了峰顶的大雾；

例句：
skyscrapers obstructing the sky;
遮住了天空的摩天楼；

例句：
a fence that screens the alley;
隔开胡同的篱笆；

例句：
a face shrouded by a heavy veil. See also Synonyms at hinder obstacle
用厚面纱罩住的脸 参见同义词 hinderobstacle