brick

名词 brick:

1. rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
2. a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

1. He had a brick thrown at him at that meeting.
   那次集会时，他的头部被一块砖头击中。
2. His new house was built by himself, brick by brick.
   他的新房子是他自己一块砖一块砖砌起来的。
3. Her husband is a brick layer.
   她丈夫是个砌砖匠。
4. All the windows were bricked up.
   所有的窗户都用砖堵住了。

brick

n.（名词）
【复数】 bricks 或 brick
A molded rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln until hard and used as a building and paving material.
砖块：在太阳下或窑里烘烤变硬的模制长方形黏土砖，用作建房和铺路的材料
An object shaped like such a block:
砖块状物体：形状象这种硬块的物体：
例句：
a brick of cheese.
一块奶酪

Informal A helpful, reliable person.
【非正式用语】 大好人：乐于助人的、可靠的人
n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用于修饰另一名词：
例句：
a brick wall; brick ice cream.
一堵砖墙；冰淇淋块

v.tr.（及物动词）
bricked,brick.ing,bricks
To construct, line, or pave with bricks.
用砖建造、砌或铺
To close or wall with brick:
用砖围住或堵住：
例句：
bricked up the windows of the old house.
用砖堵住旧房子的窗户

<习惯用语>drop a brick【非正式用语】
To make a clumsy social error.
犯不雅的社交错误
来源：
Middle English brike
中古英语 brike
from Middle Dutch bricke
源自 中古荷兰语 bricke

【引伸】
brick.y
adj.（形容词）