单词	brickwork
释义	brickwork /ˈbrɪkwəːk / noun 1 [mass noun] The bricks in a wall, house, or other structure in terms of their type or layout: the patterned brickwork of the gables... The optimum way of ensuring an unblemished appearance is to keep brickwork clean as walls are being built. Homeowners may also decorate by way of variations in thatching patterns, brickwork, or woodworking techniques. While plant growth can shorten the life of brickwork, a well-constructed wall should still last for many decades. 1.1The craft or occupation of building structures with bricks: in certain trades, such as brickwork, square metres would be expressed in thousands of bricks... About 12 years ago I set up my own building company, and I went to college to do brickwork. He knew that I wanted to do brickwork and in the end he left me his tools. All this time I thought they were a bunch of guys that did brickwork for free. 2 (brickworks) [treated as singular] British A factory where bricks are made: we head over towards the old brickworks... 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. They are found in road-building gangs, in quarries and brickworks, on plantations and in sweatshops. The screenings were held in an abandoned brickworks in inner Sydney.
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