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单词 brickwork
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Definition of brickwork in English:

brickwork

nounˈbrɪkwəːkˈbrɪkˌwərk
  • 1mass noun The bricks in a wall, house, or other structure in terms of their type or layout.

    the patterned brickwork of the gables
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The brickwork is laid in Flemish bond with a molded brick water table.
    • We recommend that the top triangle of brickwork of the front gable wall be taken down to first floor window head level.
    • Homeowners may also decorate by way of variations in thatching patterns, brickwork, or woodworking techniques.
    • It was considered unsightly, and always covered with either a cement render or a skin of brickwork.
    • The mortar has leached, leaving crevices in the red brickwork.
    • The optimum way of ensuring an unblemished appearance is to keep brickwork clean as walls are being built.
    • The room was lit by cylindrical skylights, each placed above an alcove of unplastered brickwork with recessed pointing.
    • The Flemish bond brickwork with decoratively glazed headers recalls colonial architectural details.
    • While plant growth can shorten the life of brickwork, a well-constructed wall should still last for many decades.
    • The smooth red brickwork and fancy white window frames seemed untouched by human hands.
    • The design team exposed the existing textures by sandblasting and repointing stone and brickwork.
    • The brickwork is all of one color and laid in Flemish bond.
    • There is the occasional bit of moiré shimmer in patterns such as brickwork, but it is not obtrusive.
    • I indicated the houses with collapsed roofs, broken windows, charred brickwork and dismantled hedges.
    • The contrast of old brickwork with the crystalline nature of the new structure is a classic Modernist move.
    • Early in the season, when a lot of bare earth is still visible, the brickwork become the focal point of the garden.
    • The sitting room has polished timber flooring and original exposed brickwork on two walls.
    • In contrast with the facile legibility of the older tower's brickwork, the metal cladding is apparently casually crumpled.
    • An ingenious pattern of brickwork bonding was adopted to ensure satisfactory composite action.
    • Decorative brickwork with an interlaced pattern covers the exterior.
    1. 1.1 The craft or occupation of building structures with bricks.
      in certain trades, such as brickwork, square metres would be expressed in thousands of bricks
      Example sentencesExamples
      • About 12 years ago I set up my own building company, and I went to college to do brickwork.
      • All this time I thought they were a bunch of guys that did brickwork for free.
      • He knew that I wanted to do brickwork and in the end he left me his tools.
  • 2brickworksBritish treated as singular A factory where bricks are made.

    we head over towards the old brickworks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His brickworks went bankrupt, he could not pay his fine and he began to feel thoroughly depressed.
    • They are found in road-building gangs, in quarries and brickworks, on plantations and in sweatshops.
    • Analysts have been famed for their reticence to come up with profit forecasts, even for a rock-steady business such as a brewery or brickworks.
    • He was the son of a solicitor who became the director of a brickworks.
    • The screenings were held in an abandoned brickworks in inner Sydney.
 
 

Definition of brickwork in US English:

brickwork

nounˈbrikˌwərkˈbrɪkˌwərk
  • 1The bricks in a wall, house, or other structure, typically in terms of their type or layout.

    the patterned brickwork of the gables
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The brickwork is laid in Flemish bond with a molded brick water table.
    • Decorative brickwork with an interlaced pattern covers the exterior.
    • In contrast with the facile legibility of the older tower's brickwork, the metal cladding is apparently casually crumpled.
    • The room was lit by cylindrical skylights, each placed above an alcove of unplastered brickwork with recessed pointing.
    • It was considered unsightly, and always covered with either a cement render or a skin of brickwork.
    • The optimum way of ensuring an unblemished appearance is to keep brickwork clean as walls are being built.
    • There is the occasional bit of moiré shimmer in patterns such as brickwork, but it is not obtrusive.
    • The contrast of old brickwork with the crystalline nature of the new structure is a classic Modernist move.
    • The Flemish bond brickwork with decoratively glazed headers recalls colonial architectural details.
    • I indicated the houses with collapsed roofs, broken windows, charred brickwork and dismantled hedges.
    • An ingenious pattern of brickwork bonding was adopted to ensure satisfactory composite action.
    • The smooth red brickwork and fancy white window frames seemed untouched by human hands.
    • We recommend that the top triangle of brickwork of the front gable wall be taken down to first floor window head level.
    • While plant growth can shorten the life of brickwork, a well-constructed wall should still last for many decades.
    • The brickwork is all of one color and laid in Flemish bond.
    • The design team exposed the existing textures by sandblasting and repointing stone and brickwork.
    • Early in the season, when a lot of bare earth is still visible, the brickwork become the focal point of the garden.
    • The mortar has leached, leaving crevices in the red brickwork.
    • Homeowners may also decorate by way of variations in thatching patterns, brickwork, or woodworking techniques.
    • The sitting room has polished timber flooring and original exposed brickwork on two walls.
    1. 1.1 The craft or occupation of building walls, houses, or other structures with bricks.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • About 12 years ago I set up my own building company, and I went to college to do brickwork.
      • All this time I thought they were a bunch of guys that did brickwork for free.
      • He knew that I wanted to do brickwork and in the end he left me his tools.
 
 
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