单词 | bricks |
释义 | brick1 of 2noun ˈbrik often attributive 1 plural bricks or brick : a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 2¹/₄ × 3³/₄ × 8 inches (57 × 95 × 203 millimeters) and made of moist clay hardened by heat 2 : a good-hearted person 3 : a rectangular compressed mass (as of ice cream) 4 : a semisoft cheese with numerous small holes, smooth texture, and often mild flavor 5 : gaffe, blunder —used especially in the phrase drop a brick 6 : a badly missed shot in basketball he threw up a brick brick 2 of 2verb bricked; bricking; bricks transitive verb 1 : to close, face, or pave with bricks —usually used with up, in, or over brick up a doorwaybrick over an opening 2 : to render (an electronic device, such as a smartphone) nonfunctional (as by accidental damage, malicious hacking, or software changes) … those who dared hack the phone to add features … risked having it "bricked"—completely and permanently disabled—on the next automatic update … Jonathan Zittrain 3 basketball, informal : to miss (a shot) very badly : to throw up a brick on (a shot) (see brick entry 1 sense 6) brick a free throw bricks nounas in mistakes an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy he dropped a brick that had his friends helpless with laughter Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
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