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单词 block
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blocknoun

uk/blɒk/us/blɑːk/

block noun (AREA)

A2 [ C ] mainly US the distance along a street from where one road crosses it to the place where the next road crosses it, or one part of a street like this, especially in a town or city:

The museum is just six blocks away.
My friend and I live on the same block.

A2 [ C ] a square group of buildings or houses with roads on each side:

I took a walk around the block.
round/around the block

on the next street that crosses this street:

He lives just around the block.

More examples

  • The queue for tickets snaked all the way around the block.
  • He went for/took a walk around the block, to get some air.
  • She drove the car round the block to charge (up) its batteries.
  • She likes to roll out the welcome wagon for everyone who moves onto the block.
  • He was found slain in an alley two blocks from his apartment.

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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities

  • arrondissement
  • backstreets
  • barrio
  • botanic garden
  • concrete jungle
  • council estate
  • dormitory suburb
  • estate
  • exurb
  • ghetto
  • housing estate
  • inner city
  • precinct
  • red-light district
  • slum
  • Speakers' Corner
  • suburbia
  • the outskirts
  • town
  • trading estate

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block noun (PIECE)

B2 [ C ] a solid, straight-sided piece of hard material:

a block of wood/ice
the block [ S ]

(in the past) a large piece of wood on which criminals had their head cut off:

Anne Boleyn went to (= was killed on) the block.

More examples

  • a 200 kilo block of concrete
  • They cut enormous blocks of stone out of the hillside.
  • The blocks of stone had to be lifted into position with a system of pulleys.
  • When a glacier meets the sea, large blocks of ice may break off and float away as icebergs.
  • Hollow blocks are used because they are lighter.

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Masses and large amounts of things

  • accumulation
  • an embarrassment of riches idiom
  • any number of things idiom
  • backlog
  • battery
  • boatload
  • bolus
  • clot
  • deluge
  • fund
  • lashing
  • lather
  • outpouring
  • panoply
  • plethora
  • predominance
  • preponderance
  • shower
  • sight
  • thousand

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block noun (BUILDING)

B1 [ C ] a large, usually tall building divided into separate parts for use as offices or homes by several different organizations or people:

an office block
UK a tower block
UK a block of flats

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Buildings in general

  • -bedroomed
  • building
  • castellated
  • construction
  • convention centre
  • edifice
  • geodesic dome
  • half-timbered
  • heritage-listed building
  • high-rise
  • landmark
  • multistorey
  • newbuild
  • Norman
  • palatial
  • Portakabin
  • structure
  • tower
  • turret
  • warren

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block noun (GROUP)

[ C ] a group of things bought, dealt with, or considered together:

a block of tickets/seats/shares
Corporate hospitality firms make block bookings (= buy large numbers of seats) at big sporting events.

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Groups and collections of things

  • agglomeration
  • Aladdin's cave
  • anthology
  • assemblage
  • bank
  • basket
  • empty set
  • ensemble
  • feast
  • generation
  • glory box
  • grab bag
  • package
  • pool
  • portfolio
  • selection
  • sheaf
  • sheaves
  • subgroup
  • vintage

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block noun (OBJECT BLOCKING)

C2 [ C usually singular ] something that blocks a tube or opening:

A block in (= an object blocking) the pipe was preventing the water from coming through.
Synonym
blockage

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Closing and blocking

  • barricade
  • batten
  • batten down the hatches idiom
  • block sth off
  • block sth up
  • cork
  • dam
  • dam sth up
  • ensconce
  • ensconced
  • gum
  • gum sth up
  • jam
  • seal
  • shut (sth) off
  • shut sb/sth out
  • shutter
  • silt (sth) up
  • snap
  • the darkest hour is just before the dawn idiom

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Idiom(s)

go on the block
have/put your head on the block

blockverb [ T ]

uk/blɒk/us/blɑːk/

B2 to prevent movement through something:

A fallen tree is blocking the road.
As she left the court, an angry crowd tried to block her way.

C1 to be between someone and the thing they are looking at, so that they cannot see:

My view was blocked by a tall man in front of me.

C2 to stop something from happening or succeeding:

She was very talented and I felt her parents were blocking her progress.
A group of politicians blocked the proposal.

More examples

  • In theory the British government could use its veto to block this proposal.
  • The road is open now, but it is often blocked by snow in the winter.
  • The dense foliage overhead almost blocked out the sun.
  • From the smell it was evident that the drains had been blocked for several days.

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Preventing and impeding

  • avert
  • avoid
  • avoidable
  • bar
  • be a drag on sb/sth idiom
  • block sth out
  • bottleneck
  • derail
  • fireproof
  • hold out on sb
  • hold sb/sth back
  • hold/keep sb/sth at bay idiom
  • holding pattern
  • impede
  • prevention
  • prevention is better than cure idiom
  • preventive
  • prohibit
  • pull
  • scuttle

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Closing and blocking
blocked
adjective uk/blɒkt/us/blɑːkt/

The road is blocked - you'll have to go round the other way.
I've got a blocked (up) nose.

Phrasal verb(s)

block sth/sb in
block sth off
block sth out
block sth up

blockverb [ T ]

uk/blɒk/us

to decide officially to stop something from happening or continuing:

The federal government's fight to block a bankruptcy settlement was rejected by the Supreme Court.
block a bid/deal/merger The Federal Trade Commission said it planned to block the merger.

BANKING if a bank blocks someone's account, they make it impossible for that person to remove money from it:

Accounts of all suspected terrorists have been blocked.

COMMUNICATIONS to stop emails, text messages, phone calls, etc. from a particular person:

The new phone allows users to block messages from particular senders.

blocknoun [ C ]

uk/blɒk/us

STOCK MARKET a large number of shares that are sold by one organization at a particular time:

Deutsche Bank placed a block of six million shares at 781p.
The shares were sold on the Toronto Stock Exchange in a block trade.

ECONOMICS an official decision to stop something happening or continuing:

a block on sth Lobbyists are calling for a block on bonuses to rail operators while their safety record is so poor.
put/remove a block on sth The government has put a block on all arms sales to the country.

PROPERTY a building consisting of several apartments, offices, etc.:

There are four apartments in each block.
a block of office buildings
on the block US

available to buy:

She offers a beginner's guide to the newest pensions on the block.
A few more newspapers may go on the block before the end of the year.
lay your head/neck on the block

to risk a bad thing happening to you, for example getting a bad reputation, by doing something or helping someone:

Agency executives willing to lay their heads on the block in a pure results-driven agreement would be very brave.
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