Block

(noun.) a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); 'the pyramids were built with large stone blocks'.

(noun.) housing in a large building that is divided into separate units; 'there is a block of classrooms in the west wing'.

(noun.) an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension; 'I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block'.

(noun.) a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; 'he reserved a large block of seats'; 'he held a large block of the company's stock'.

(noun.) a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings; 'he lives in the next block'.

(noun.) (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted; 'since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably'.

(noun.) a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides.

(verb.) shape into a block or blocks; 'block the graphs so one can see the results clearly'.

(verb.) shape by using a block; 'Block a hat'; 'block a garment'.

(verb.) support, secure, or raise with a block; 'block a plate for printing'; 'block the wheels of a car'.

(verb.) stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block; 'block the book cover'.

(verb.) interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia; 'block a nerve'; 'block a muscle'.

(verb.) run on a block system; 'block trains'.

录入:鲁道夫

• Spain had 10,000 muskets to modernize by the same system, and the breech-block attachments were made at Ilion. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I turned and rode around the block the other way, so as to meet the head of the column. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Gutenberg sat studying the broken block of wood. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I looked a stupid block, I dare say. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Wood-working implements in which the cutting tool was carried by a sliding block were described in the English patents of General Sir Samuel Bentham and Joseph Bramah, in 1793-94. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The ice in the can is then loosened by warm water, and the block dumped through the door into a chute, whence it passes into the storage room below, seen in Fig. 298. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Pablo pulled and let go as the man had told him and the block snapped forward into place and the pistol was cocked with the hammer back. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He persuaded them to start cutting the blocks for the Gospel of St. Matthew. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The metal casting of each page is very thin, and when required to be used, it is screwed on to blocks of wood to the same height as ordinary types. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• In time the blocks were all finished. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Railroad ties and street paving blocks are ordinarily protected by oil rather than paint. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• He forgot all about his fire-blocks while he sat stock still and thought. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It was desired to divide large blocks generally at the quarries to facilitate transportation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I looked very closely, and the whole book is made from blocks, like the playing-card. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• First he had the entrances to the streets blocked off with carts as though to organize the plaze for a _capea_. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• It is then proofed and blocked. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I was almost in consternation, so little had I expected any guest from the blocked-up vale that night. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Its streets were blocked up with snow--the few passengers seemed palsied, and frozen by the ungenial visitation of winter. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Several of the back windows on the staircase had been darkened or wholly blocked up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Many scores of carriages, with blazing lamps, blocked up the street, to the disgust of No. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Shut my eyes as I would, these last words of his succeeded in making the way, which had seemed blocked up, comparatively clear. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Desires for something different, aversion to the given state of things caused by the blocking of successful activity, stimulates the imagination. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• So that you will make haste about it, interrupted I, observing that we were blocking up the road. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.

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