| 单词 | brick |
| 释义 | brick (brɪk ) Word forms: bricks , bricking, bricked 1. variable noun B2 Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. Brick is the material made up of these blocks. She built bookshelves out of bricks and planks. ...a tiny garden surrounded by high brick walls. 2. singular noun [a NOUN] If you say that someone is a brick, you mean that they have helped you or supported you when you were in a difficult situation. [informal, old-fashioned] You were a brick, a real friend in need. Synonyms: kind person, good sort, salt of the earth, star 3. countable noun You can refer to an electronic device, especially a smartphone, that has stopped working or is very old as a brick. [informal] I don't need a new phone, I'm perfectly happy with this old brick. 4. be banging one's head against a brick wall phrase [usually cont] If you are banging your head against a brick wall, what you are saying or doing is not having any effect although you keep saying or doing it. [informal] I wanted to sort out this problem, but it was like banging my head against a brick wall. 5. hit/come up against a brick wall phrase If you hit a brick wall or come up against a brick wall, you are unable to continue or make progress because something stops you. [informal] After that my career just seemed to hit a brick wall. The discussions in parliament hit a brick wall. 6. bricks and mortar phrase You can use bricks and mortar to refer to houses and other buildings, especially when they are considered as an investment. It's far better to put your money into bricks and mortar of your own. As an investment, bricks and mortar are not what they were. 7. to come down on somebody like a ton of bricks phrase If someone comes down on you like a ton of bricks, they are extremely angry with you and tell you off because of something wrong that you have done. [informal] If you do something awful they all come down on you like a ton of bricks. Phrasal verbs: brick up phrasal verb If you brick up a hole, you close it with a wall of bricks. We bricked up our windows. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] All the doors have been bricked up to deter vandals. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Idioms: be banging your head against a brick wall [mainly British] or be banging your head against a wall to feel frustrated because someone is stopping you from making progress in what you are trying to do It is a waste of valuable energy banging your head against a brick wall, wishing things were different. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers drop a brick [British] to say something that upsets or offends other people After his comments on the live TV programme, he was immediately aware that he had dropped a political brick of the worst kind. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers come up against a brick wall to arrive at a situation in which something is stopping you from doing what you want and preventing you from making any progress I was tired, I had been working real hard for a long time and I felt that I'd come up against a brick wall. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: brick building Onlookers said the wood and brick building was ablaze in minutes. The Sun The door of the two-storey brick building has been broken down. Times, Sunday Times The fire completely gutted the old wood and brick building. Times, Sunday Times The group met in a nondescript brick building at the narrow end of the island. Christianity Today The fire started on the wooden back porch of the brick building. Chicago Sun-Times Little of the hospital, which was built mostly from wood, remained beyond its concrete foundations and a brick chimney. Times, Sunday Times It has a vertical-lined flue that runs from the top of the boiler into a brick chimney. Times, Sunday Times Built in the late 16th century, the five-bedroom house has a complex brick, oak and rendered exterior, with ornate carved gables and imposing brick chimney stacks. Times, Sunday Times He called 999 and firefighters used thermal imaging cameras to locate her inside the brick chimney stack in the loft. The Sun An unidentified force has gouged deep horizontal lines on the exterior of the brick chimney from the ground up to more than two metres high. Globe and Mail He was caught, covered in brick dust, by police after his wriggling set off the burglar alarm. Times, Sunday Times The builders seem unconcerned, smiling happily as the drill sprays brick dust around. Times, Sunday Times But the danger of being buried alive did not deter raiders who police said would have been covered in mud and brick dust. The Sun This will minimise noise, disruption and the dreaded brick dust everywhere. Times, Sunday Times Washing, chemical leaching, heating, or even physical absorption by porous materials such as brick dust have all been used. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The theatre, known as 'the jam factory' because of its red brick exterior, closed in 2007. Times, Sunday Times Now that it has been returned to its brick exterior the neighbourhood has breathed a collective sigh of relief. Times, Sunday Times Built from cross-laminated timber, the apartment block has a striking brick exterior. Times, Sunday Times It usually has a stucco or brick exterior. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a limestone and buff brick exterior with a terra cotta tile roof. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The property has nice features such as stone lintels and sills on the brick facade. Times, Sunday Times Constructed using steel and timber, with a brick facade, and with prices starting at 475,000, the properties have big interiors and small exteriors. Times, Sunday Times Actually, large pieces of glass can look phenomenal, and they look even more exciting next to a brick facade. Times, Sunday Times Looking at the symmetrical brick facade, it's easy to understand why the four-storey villa, built in 1720, captivated the couple. Times, Sunday Times In the 1990s, the north-facing orange-red brick facade presented a large, compound arched brick and stone portico, with deeply recessed doors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He now toils from dawn to dusk at a brick factory, she at a biscuit factory, to pay offthe family's debts. Times, Sunday Times The brick factory closures could put more than 60 people out of work. Times, Sunday Times They owned a brick factory. Times, Sunday Times A city hall was built in 1341, and in the following year a brick factory was opened. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are rectangular brick factory buildings with heavy timber frame construction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Period features include a brick fireplace with a cast-iron gas stove, exposed floorboards and beams. Times, Sunday Times Their house had a brick fireplace in a mostly empty room. Times,Sunday Times Prize features include an original brick fireplace and a breakfast room with a vaulted ceiling and exposed beams. Times, Sunday Times The place has been smartened up but with its brick fireplace and rugged wooden furniture it's still recognisably a place for locals. Times, Sunday Times The one-bed gem sleeps three and features a large open-plan living room with the original highvaulted ceiling and large brick fireplace with wood burner. The Sun I put a brick floor down and it grew from there. Times, Sunday Times It has a butler's pantry, a walk-in airing cupboard, a 23ft utility room and a north-facing larder with traditional slate shelf, brick floor and window, pictured above. Times, Sunday Times During the fourth and final search, they found the remains of a human body, buried under the brick floor of the basement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This room contains a massive fireplace, the stone hearth and brick floor of which are original. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It had a brick floor and an oiled hardwood ceiling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A long drive leads towards a modernist brick house, its back turned to us in a windowless stare. Times, Sunday Times Not a brick house in the place, and but few wooden ones, and not a wharf or pier in the harbor. Christianity Today The silverbacked primate lives a pampered lifestyle at the classical-style brick house where he luxuriates in central heating and evenings watching television. Times, Sunday Times Fortunately, he knew how to insulate an old brick house sympathetically. Times, Sunday Times The big yellow brick house stands among trees in broad parkland where truncated oaks sprout their limbs from squat trunks. Times, Sunday Times He became a brick maker and bought a brickyard there in 1877. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once they filled their container to a designated line, the brick maker would give them their next clue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The settlement was rebuilt afterwards, with some stone and brick buildings, due to the assistance of a brick maker who had been shipwrecked during the storm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And perhaps most importantly, the brick makers are the cheapest in the construction universe, trading at 5.3 times next year's earnings. Times, Sunday Times When the brick makers increased production to bring this in line with demand, the merchants ran their stocks down again. Times, Sunday Times A two story brick masonry addition was completed about 1955. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The lighthouse was a conical brick masonry tower, 40 ft tall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It consists of two multi-story, brick masonry structures, attached side-by-side and embanked into a hillside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Stucco scribed to resemble large block ashlar covers the brick masonry walls. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By 1870, the house had been upgraded into a wood and brick masonry residence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It comprises a brick oven (385) and a pizza peel (49) - the owner must source bricks, concrete slabs or breeze blocks to support the dome. Times, Sunday Times It's like a miniature brick oven really. The Sun These first excavations located both the north and south walls and a 15th16th-century brick oven, confirming that it was indeed the kitchens. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a bakery with a historical brick oven, a restaurant, and a civil registry office. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Offerings include specialty flat breads made in a wood fired brick oven, salads, and desserts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We were parked at a meter beside the entrance to small alley, a brick path that had been badly patched with asphalt. Christianity Today It's designed to be both ordered and practical: the perennial herbs are grown in four squares intersected by a brick path, with a bay tree in the middle of each. Times, Sunday Times It also has a duck pond and a stream, as well as a brick path that winds through the garden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A series of leaf images and patterns are set into the brick path to help people discover the park. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His love of symmetry can still be seen in the straight brick paths, wide borders and rows of poplars and holm (or holly) oaks. Times, Sunday Times The tower consists of a plain brick pillar ornamented simply with bands of terracotta tiles and windows like arrowslits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Restoration work was carried out at the same time, with a brick pillar built to support the capstone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The front facade features a rusticated first floor, and an entrance portico with two paneled brick pillars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The beams were at least twice supported by wooden or brick pillars because of the length of the room. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The front faade features two one-story porches with stone elliptical arches and brick pillars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Large brick stack to rear and ends. 2 storeys with 2 tripartite wood casements to centre of first floor... Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the back area, features include deep gabled wing which holds small single stairs, and a brick stack, as well as the 17th-century mullioned window. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One short, central chimney stack and one larger slightly off-center brick stack pierce the roof-line at the ridge are both falling apart. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It features a double-shouldered end chimneys of stone with brick stacks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The floor of the baptistery, the largest of any temple in the church, was replicated in red brick tile. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Additional false brick tiles were added some time after the 1973 renovation, indicating the presence of a station facility. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Brick tiles are used to construct the floors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Brick tiles are used in the cornice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Several years ago the station was flooded and to prevent future floods the original barred rectangular openings in the platforms walls were filled in and covered with brick tiles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The concrete and glass construction was built on top of a brick warehouse and its top half resembles a petrified wave that reflects the hues of the sky. Times, Sunday Times On a sunny afternoon outside the windowless brick warehouse where software developers teach robots to drive taxis, a group of young technicians stopped to take in a strange sight. Times, Sunday Times It achieved its present configuration in 1893, as the result of extensive alteration of an existing three-story brick warehouse. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During this boom period, brick warehouse development proliferated along the waterfront. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It includes three large brick warehouse buildings which were built between 1910 and 1913. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, houses of cement brick and roofed in sheet metal are quite common in larger settlements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 River sand mining, manufacturing of cement bricks, clay bricks, concrete construction materials are all parts of this industry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Local people will be employed to build the modules, and local materials such as clay, laterite, cement bricks, gum wood and loam rendering will be used for construction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With a 40 per cent slice of our clay brick market, it's poised to profit from the property boom. The Sun We heard them tear at the air around our ears and smack into the clay brick and concrete. Times, Sunday Times The facade and about 15ft m of the side elevations are constructed of clay brick. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Soon they were turned into clay brick farms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A red clay brick addition was built in 1828. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A little way back from the shore, small homes made of concrete brick line the narrow streets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The street was repaved with concrete brick and most of the old brick was saved for sidewalks and other amenities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has now been built, but with horrid rendered aerated concrete bricks, which we can see from the seating area in our back garden. Times, Sunday Times Some of steel, of concrete, 50,000 concrete blocks and 71,000 concrete bricks were used to construct the 120ft m high building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These schools are reportedly built using local materials such as concrete bricks, and a team of volunteering parents often assists the construction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There's a rustic simplicity to the place, with exposed brick, bentwood bistro chairs and lighting fixtures made from branches. Times, Sunday Times (2015) A former mill, this is your hip resto reno of lofty ceilings, exposed brick, gleaming pine floors and smart appointments. Globe and Mail (2003) The exposed brick walls glow with warmth on the chilliest day. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The mellow timbers and exposed brick walls add period charm to a slick revamp. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It has elegant rooms with exposed brick walls and beams, warm pinks and burnt orange colour schemes, and sumptuous beds. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The pool has a spiral waterside designed with neon light and glass brick accents to match the resorts contemporary feel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The floors alternate between tile and glass brick with no mullions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The window in the stairhall has been filled in with glass brick. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In some of the units, glass brick was used as partition material. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The windows are sometimes made of glass brick, permanently cemented in place. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While watching, the desire to hurl a brick at the television set may be overwhelming. Times, Sunday Times The footage shows my client hurling a brick through a window. Times, Sunday Times At one stage, someone hurled a brick bat on the procession. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the khazis, they each have their own loose brick in the wall, where their dealer leaves their gear. The Sun Afterwards, ashamed, he steals the whole set from the firm and hides it behind a loose brick in the wall of the changing room. The Times Literary Supplement We should keep our nerve but begin the inspection of each loose brick in our rambling edifice of constituencies. Times, Sunday Times This filter consisted of successive beds of loose brick, gravel and sand to remove solids from the water. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, she manages to hide some of her earnings behind a loose brick in her wall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its old brick buildings, clustered beneath bare trees, had the hush of a convent, a quietude to dispel the pain within. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE (2002) Her condo had floor-to-ceiling industrial windows, exposed ductwork, and old brick walls that held some of her drawings and paintings. THIS HEART OF MINE (2001) For many years, my husband and my cleaner have conducted guerrilla warfare against me about our old brick kitchen floor. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He has also converted the old brick shed into a self-contained unit with a kitchen and shower room. Times, Sunday Times (2006) She pushed herself further back against the old brick wall and held her breath, aware of her heartbeat thundering in her ears. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT (2001) The rooms are minimalist but well done, with painted brick walls, exposed iron beams, huge windows and cork headboards. Times, Sunday Times Situated in a former chandlery factory, it features dark-grey steel pillars, exposed and painted brick walls and timber flooring. Times, Sunday Times Two of the faces of the house are timber-framed with painted brick nogging. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Timber-framed, encased in painted brick at front and sides. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The house of painted brick and wood construction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Those ads are the ones that make me scream and want to throw a brick at the telly. The Sun You'll buy a car you're too old for, run off with someone too young for you, maybe even throw a brick through the neighbour's window. Times, Sunday Times Occasionally the sheer cacophony can make you want to throw a brick through a window. Times, Sunday Times Footage showed him throwing a brick and urinating in the middle of the street. The Sun But he got drunk and came round and threw a brick through my car window. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 砖 Japanese: 煉瓦 |
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