| 单词 | white brick |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite brick white brick n. (a) a light-coloured brick, esp. a hard, durable variety of brick made from gault; frequently attributive; †(b) (apparently) = Bath-brick n. at Bath n.2 Compounds 3 (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > implement for polishing > implements for polishing metal Flanders tilea1399 white brick1468 Flanders brick1651 scratch-brush1797 buff1831 Bath-brick1837 scratch card1839 buffer1854 rag wheel1869 bob1879 buff-stick1881 scratch-knot1905 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > types of white brick1468 red brick1587 clinker1659 clinkerc1660 stock-brick1683 Windsor brick1702 grey stock1726 stockc1738 red stock1748 firebrick1749 Welsh lump1798 malm1811 cutting-brick1815 pecking1819 blue brick1823 malm brick1824 Windsor1841 cutter1842 grizzle1843 shuff1843 picking1850 Woolpit brick1887 Hollander1897 Staffordshire1898 Stafford brick1908 misfire1923 klompie1926 1468 in L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. (1992) viii. 144 Brekstones called Whitebrek. 1577 R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 362v It is borne vp with iiii. hundred columnes or pillers of white brick. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1670 (1955) III. 555 Here my Lord & his Partner had built two or 3 roomes with flanders white brick, very hard. 1724 J. Buxton Let. 10 June (2005) 48 All of white brick, the architraves cornishes & mouldings..of the same. 1741 W. Salmon London & Country Builder's Vade-mecum x. 49 (table) White Brick Paving. a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 252 Rubbing..with scouring paper, rotten-stone, or white-brick. 1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 72 In colour they are paler than ordinary red bricks, but are redder than the common white brick of Suffolk. 1909 H. Begbie Cage v A little white-brick cottage. 1969 R. Blythe Akenfield ix. 140 The school at Akenfield..is a stark, knife-edged building constructed of Suffolk white-brick, [etc.]. 1979 Guardian 10 July 19/7 The famous Suffolk whitebrick which Georgian architects favoured for the region's grander houses. 2008 N.Y. Mag. 26 May 50/3 Completed in 1951, it's the original East Side white brick; residents have included Grace Kelly and Benny Goodman. < as lemmas |
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