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TOEFL BNC: 2814 COCA: 3315

brick
1 brick /ˈbrɪk/ noun
plural bricks
1 brick
/ˈbrɪk/
noun
plural bricks
Learner's definition of BRICK
1 
a  [count] : a small, hard block of baked clay that is used to build structures (such as houses) and sometimes to make streets, paths, etc.砖块
b  [noncount] : blocks of baked clay used as building material砖
— often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
2 
[count]
a  : a block of something砖状物
b  British : a child's toy block儿童积木
3 
[count] informal + somewhat old-fashioned : a helpful or dependable person热心人；可靠的人

bricks and mortar

British
: houses and other buildings especially when people consider buying them because of their possible future value房屋；房产
— see also brick-and-mortar

drop a brick

— see 2drop

like a ton of bricks

informal
: very hard or severely沉重地；来势凶猛地
2 brick /ˈbrɪk/ verb
bricks; bricked; bricking
2 brick
/ˈbrɪk/
verb
bricks; bricked; bricking
Learner's definition of BRICK

brick up

[phrasal verb]
brick (something) up or brick up (something)
: to cover or block (something) with bricks用砖铺；用砖堵
TOEFL BNC: 2814 COCA: 3315

brick

1 of 2

noun

ˈbrik How to pronounce brick (audio)
often attributive
1
plural bricks or brick : a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 2¹/₄ × 3³/₄ × 8 inches (57 × 95 × 203 millimeters) and made of moist clay hardened by heat
2
: a good-hearted person
3
: a rectangular compressed mass (as of ice cream)
4
: a semisoft cheese with numerous small holes, smooth texture, and often mild flavor
5
: gaffe, blunder
—used especially in the phrase drop a brick
6
: a badly missed shot in basketball
he threw up a brick

brick

2 of 2

verb

bricked; bricking; bricks

transitive verb

1
: to close, face, or pave with bricks
—usually used with up, in, or over
brick up a doorwaybrick over an opening
2
: to render (an electronic device, such as a smartphone) nonfunctional (as by accidental damage, malicious hacking, or software changes)
… those who dared hack the phone to add features … risked having it "bricked"—completely and permanently disabled—on the next automatic update … Jonathan Zittrain
3
basketball, informal : to miss (a shot) very badly : to throw up a brick on (a shot) (see brick entry 1 sense 6)
brick a free throw

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun a house made of brick a brick of ice cream children playing with wooden bricks He has been an absolute brick.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Neighbors with debilitating mental health diagnoses may struggle to maintain their health and well-being, thus limiting their capacity and choices in accessing care from brick and mortar health facilities. Jim Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 Exactly where to fit them into this small brick colonial remains an open question. Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022 New York's Executive Mansion is an imposing 1856-era brick home in Albany. Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 Dobbs was in no way the removal of the final brick in a steadily crumbling wall of protections for reproductive autonomy. Laurence H. Tribe, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 The home’s exterior is a blend of vinyl siding and brick, which is offset by an architectural-shingle roof. Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2022 Granada Hotel & Bistro Thanks to a $5 million renovation, modern luxuries flourish while old soul remains in the exposed brick that wraps around this San Luis Obispo boutique hotel, which is home to a rooftop lounge. Sunset Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022 Several skeletons with severed heads were found in 2008, for example, and a body with a brick forced into the mouth and holes drilled through the legs was also found. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2022 The tranquil backyard has a deck attached to the house and is landscaped with rocks, cement pavers, brick pavers, perennial garden, grass, shrubbery, a lily pond, in-ground pool, pool house and mature trees. Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2022
Verb
The attack involves physical access, which is just to say that it can't be exploited remotely over the internet right now, to just brick all the tractors or something. WIRED, 20 Aug. 2022 The code was changed to effectively brick or wipe computers in Russia. Tony Bradley, Forbes, 31 July 2022 Cohabitating and, in some cases, collaborating with local shops offer additional benefits to brick-and-mortar branded stores. Courtney Holden, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2021 Ghost Hand's journey to brick and mortar was anything but simple. Michaela Heidemann, Chron, 6 May 2022 Forrest compared Amazon to brick-and-mortar stores like Urban Outfitters, where shoppers might be presented with an entire outfit rather than just a single item at a time. Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2022 Not only did Netflix do for them what Amazon did to brick-and-mortar bookstores, though; Netflix increasingly has a little bit of a strange juggling act to pull off in terms of its messaging. Andy Meek, BGR, 27 Mar. 2022 People have been wielding the proverbial cane against architectural change here for decades; even van der Rohe had to concede to brick for the facade of his residential apartment building, Highfield House, after the neighbors insisted. Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022 Plastic News reported that of the 840,000 single-family dwellings constructed in 2018, vinyl siding was installed on 26%, stucco on 25%, brick on 21%, fiber cement 20%, wood on 5%, and other materials like aluminum siding on 2%. Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English bryke, from Middle Dutch bricke

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of brick was in the 15th century

Phrases Containing brick

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TOEFL BNC: 2814 COCA: 3315
brick

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + BRICK | BRICK + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤red紅磚◇a house of red brick紅磚房➤adobe, clay, concrete, glass, mud土坯磚；黏土磚；混凝土磚；玻璃磚；泥磚➤house (BrE) 房磚VERB + BRICK➤lay鋪磚◇Chuck decided to lay the bricks himself.查克決定自己鋪磚。➤use用磚◇We rebuilt the fireplace using salvaged bricks.我們利用廢舊磚重砌了壁爐。➤hurl, throw拋磚；扔磚BRICK + NOUN➤wall磚牆▸➤building, house, structure磚砌建築物；磚房；磚結構➤facade磚砌的門面▸➤works (usually brickworks) 磚廠◇He got a job at the local brickworks.他在當地的磚廠找了一份工作。PREPOSITION➤in brick, of brick由磚砌成的◇houses of brick磚房PHRASES➤brick by brick一點兒一點兒地◇They moved the whole house, brick by brick.他們螞蟻搬家似的把整座房子的東西搬走了。➤bricks and mortar (figurative) 房產◇to invest in bricks and mortar投資房產➤a course of bricks一層磚牆◇They put an extra course of bricks around the pool.他們繞着泳池又修了一層磚牆。

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