block

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /blɒk/    美 /blɑk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
    — a block of ice; a block of stone
  2. Misspelling of bloc. alt-of,misspelling
  3. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.; A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
    — Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution.
  4. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.; A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
    — Next morning, Monday, after disposing of the embalmed head to a barber, for a block, I settled my own and comrade’s bill; using, however, my comrade’s money.
  5. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.; A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
    — He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.
  6. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.; A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted. dated
  7. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.; A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
  8. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.; A section of split logs used as fuel.
    — She said, 'I hope I shall not be left to kill myself, but It would be no more sin to kill me, than to put a block on the fire.'
  9. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.; A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
    — a block of 100 tickets
  10. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.; The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
  11. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.; In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
    — But there are many queen bee configurations in which the debris is neutralized, including placement of a block or eater near the bee's turnaround point, or placing two queen bees in a line or at right angles in various positions and phases.
  12. A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
    — a block of text; a block of colour; a block of land
  13. A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.; A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
  14. A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.; A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
  15. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
    — a block of data; a block of seven days; a block reservation
  16. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.; A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
    — After one disk is mapped, the next block starts at address 0 on the next disk.
  17. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.; A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
    — With a foreach block, you don't need to create an explicit counter variable.
  18. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.; A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
  19. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.; A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
  20. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.; A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
  21. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.; A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
    — The "Specials" block comprises the sixteen codepoints from U+FFF0 through U+FFFF.
  22. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.; A yeargroup at Eton College.
  23. A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
    — I’m going for a walk around the block.
  24. A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.; The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
    — The place you are looking for is two long blocks east and one short block north.
  25. A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
    — a block of flats; a tower block; an office block; a toilet block; a shower block
  26. A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.; A cellblock.
  27. Something that prevents something from passing.
    — There’s a block in the pipe that means the water can’t get through.
  28. Something that prevents something from passing.; Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
    — I work with writers/artists/others using artistic skills as a tool to explore blocks and free creative energy.
  29. Something that prevents something from passing.; Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
  30. Something that prevents something from passing.; An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
    — The match proved an unedifying spectacle until Spurs won a corner following their first move of real quality, John Mensah making an important block with Jermain Defoe poised to strike.
  31. Something that prevents something from passing.; An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).; A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
  32. Something that prevents something from passing.; An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).; The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
  33. Something that prevents something from passing.; An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).; A blockhole.
  34. Something that prevents something from passing.; An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).; The popping crease.
  35. Something that prevents something from passing.; An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).; A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
  36. Something that prevents something from passing.; An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).; The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
    — While it might seem like she should bend her elbows in order to spring up — the way you bend your knees in order to jump — a good block actually requires the gymnast to keep her arms straight and use her shoulder strength to launch into the air.
  37. Something that prevents something from passing.; A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
    — The Wiktionary page-blanking vandal was hit with an indefinite block.
  38. The human head. slang
    — I’ll knock your block off!
  39. Solitary confinement. UK
  40. A blockhead; a stupid person; a dolt. obsolete
    — What a block art thou!
动词 v.
  1. To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass. transitive
    — The pipe was blocked by leaves.
  2. To prevent (something or someone) from passing. transitive
    — A broken-down car is blocking the traffic.
  3. To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something). transitive
    — His plan to take over the business was blocked by the boss.
  4. To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play). transitive
    — He blocked the basketball player’s shot.
  5. To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film). transitive
    — It was very difficult to block this scene convincingly.
  6. To hit with a block. transitive
  7. To play a block shot. intransitive
  8. To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar. transitive
    — I tried to send you a message, but you’ve blocked me!
  9. To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.). transitive
    — They’ve blocked all calls to international numbers.
  10. To wait for some condition to become true. intransitive
    — When the condition expression is false, the thread blocks on the condition variable.
  11. To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc. transitive
    — I blocked the mittens by wetting them and pinning them to a shaped piece of cardboard.
  12. To shape or sketch out roughly. transitive
    — When drawing a scene, first block the main features, and then fill in the detail.
  13. To experience mental block or creative block. intransitive
    — As I started to read the stories I thought, "I have to write my story," but I blocked on it for six months. I couldn't write anything else while I couldn't write my coming out story. It seemed to me a subterfuge to turn out an anthology of coming out stories which didn't have my story in it.
  14. To knock the hat of (a person) down over their eyes. obsolete,slang,transitive

词形变化

blocks plural blocke alternative,obsolete blocks present,singular,third-person blocking participle,present blocked participle,past blocked past blocke alternative,obsolete blocke alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
cuboid block capitals block coefficient building block cinder block clinker block group of buildings apartment block around the block blockbuster block of flats block party office block computing block dump boot block bootblock distance city block cutting base chopping block block vote preventing passage breeze block breeze-block mental block writer’s block the block roadblock stage blocking stopblock rigging block and tackle two-blocked human head knock someone's block off hat block wig block volleyball block assist blocking error solo block miscellaneous block-book blockhead block cellular automaton block instrument block post block section block system block train brake block d-block do one's block f-block foreblock g-block nonblock p-block pulley block s-block stumbling block tokenless block 1-2-3 block 2-4-6 block ablution block alphabet block amenity block antiblock art block auction block auto-block autoblock backblock barber's block barrister's block basic block Belgian block Belgium block Besser block big block blockable blockade blockboard block book block-booking block booking blockbusting block capital block captain block chain blockchain block cipher block coal block code block comment block copolymer block design block device block diagram blockee blocker blockface blockfield block flute blockfront blockful block grant block graph block group block-head block head blockheaded block heater block holder block hour blockhouse blockish blocklayer blocklaying block length block letter block level element blocklike block-like blocklist block-long blocklong block macromolecule blockmaker blockmaking blockmate block model blocko block of chocolate block-oriented terminal block ornament block polymer block printer block printing blockquote blockscape block scope block-scoped blockship block signal blocksize blockstone block tackle block teaching blocktime block time blocktimer blocktiming block trade block universe block upconverter block vomit block wall blockwide blockwise blockwork blockworthy blocky braille block breechblock buddy block bundle branch block bur block butcher block butcher's block cat-block cautionary block cell block chip off the block chip off the old block chip off the same block chip of the old block chip of the same block chock a block chock-a-block chockablock chock-a-block full chocolate block Christmas block chump-block chump block cinderblock city block distance clump block cock block cockblock code block commie block cryoblock cutting block dead block deblock diblock docblock ecology block electrical polyspermy block engine block extended basic block extension block falling block fiddle block fire block flatblock freezer block gapers' block gauge block gawkers' block geo-block gin block haploblock hard-block have been around the block headblock heart block hemiblock hollow block horse-block houseblock iceblock ink-block interblock intrablock jack block jawblock jewel block Jo block Johannison block Johansson block Jordan block joss-block jossing-block knife block knock off someone's block lifestyle block logical block address logical block addressing long block low block low-noise block downconverter machinist block macroblock megablock metalloblock microblock midblock monkey block moon block mounting block multiblock nanoblock netblock new kid on the block nuclear block off one's block on the block pentablock permablock pillar block pillow block plate block plumber block plummer block pounding block preblock pseudoblock punch block punch-down block Puretic power block pushblock put a block on put on the block quarter block quartering block rack block rangeblock Roblox rolling block running block scope block scriber block scribing block seroblock setup block shoe block short block shoulder block sigblock sister block small block snatch block snot block soft-block spamblock span block starting block stereoblock stumblingblock stumbling-block subblock sunblock superblock swage block swinging-block tackle block tailblock tail block temple block tenji block textblock thick-and-thin block tint block toilet block top-block tower block toy block transaction block triblock twin block appliance two-block two-block haircut V block viol block volcanic block water block wood-block woodblock wood block wrest block wrest-block Xblocks Yule block blockage block in blocking blocking bet blocking course blocking patent block off block out block the box block up nonblocking reblock sunblocking unblock
相关词
bloc

词源

From Middle English blok (“log, stump, solid piece”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old Frisian blok, Old Saxon blok, Old High German bloh, bloc (“block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (“divider, partition”). More at balk. See also bloc, bulk.
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