brick
英 [brɪk]
美 [brɪk]
- n. 磚，磚塊；磚形物；心腸好的人
- vt. 用磚砌
- adj. 用磚做的；似磚的
- n. (Brick)人名；(英、法、瑞典)布裏克
助記提示
1. 想一想金磚四國（bric => brick），到後來的金磚五國（brics => bricks），這個單詞就太容易記住了。
2. 所謂金磚四國，即：brazil, russia, india, china, 由於這四國的首字母縮寫剛好是brick這個單詞的發音（bric），由於這幾個國家是有巨大潛力的大型經濟體，所以被稱為“金磚四國”，後來還專門成立了“金磚國家組織”，再後來又擴展成了金磚五國，加入了南非（South Africa）, 於是就變成了 bric 的複數形式 brics，也就是 bricks 的發音 , 2014年還專門成立了金磚國家開發銀行，總部就在咱們中國上海。
中文詞源
英文詞源
- brick
- brick: [15] For what is today such a common phenomenon, the word brick made a surprisingly late entry into the English language. But of course until the later Middle Ages, bricks were very little used in Britain. It was not until the mid-15th century that they were introduced by Flemish builders, and they appear to have brought the word, Middle Dutch bricke, with them. The ultimate source of the word is not clear, although some have tried to link it with break.
- brick (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French briche "brick," probably from a Germanic source akin to Middle Dutch bricke "a tile," literally "a broken piece," from the verbal root of break (v.). Meaning "a good, honest fellow" is from 1840, probably on notion of squareness (as in fair and square) though most extended senses of brick (and square) applied to persons in English are not meant to be complimentary. Brick wall in the figurative sense of "impenetrable barrier" is from 1886.
- brick (v.)
- "to wall up with bricks," 1640s, from brick (n.). Related: Bricked; bricking.
雙語例句
- 1. Each brick also varies slightly in tone, texture and size.
- 每塊磚在色調、質地與大小上也都略有不同。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. On South Main Street, a huge brick building looms into view.
- 在南大街上，一座巨大的磚砌建築赫然出現在人們的視線中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He flattened himself against a brick wall as I passed.
- 他緊貼一麵磚牆站著好讓我通過。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Her car swerved off the road into a 6ft high brick wall.
- 她的車突然轉向衝出了馬路，撞向6英尺高的一麵磚牆。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. She learned the rudiments of brick-laying, wiring and plumbing.
- 她學習了砌磚、布線和管道工程的基本知識。
來自柯林斯例句