4VERB 阻塞,堵塞(道路、管道等) To block a road, channel, or pipe means to put an object across it or in it so that nothing can pass through it or along it. 阻塞,堵塞(道路、管道等)
Some students today blocked a highway that cuts through the center of the city. [VERB noun]
今天一些学生堵塞了一条贯穿市中心的公路。
When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream. [VERB noun]
8VERB (体育运动中)拦截,阻截(进球、对手等) In some sports, if a player blocks a shot or kick, they stop the ball reaching its target. If one player blocks another, the first stops the second from reaching or moving with the ball. (体育运动中)拦截,阻截(进球、对手等)
In the final seconds, Gunn goalie Kevin Cantwell blocked two shots. [VERB noun]
在最后的几秒钟,甘恩队的守门员凯文·坎特维尔扑出了两次射门。
9N-COUNT (尤指按特定顺序同时售出的)大量,大批,大套(票、股票等) A block of something such as tickets or shares is a large quantity of them, especially when they are all sold at the same time and are in a particular sequence or order. (尤指按特定顺序同时售出的)大量,大批,大套(票、股票等)
Those booking a block of seats get them at reduced rates. [+ of]
10N-COUNT (短时间的)思维停滞,思维中断 If you have a mental block or a block, you are temporarily unable to do something that you can normally do which involves using, thinking about, or remembering something. (短时间的)思维停滞,思维中断
12PHRASE 相貌[脾气]和父母一样的孩子(多指男孩) If you describe someone as a chip off the old block, you mean that they are just like one of their parents in character or behaviour. →see: chip相貌[脾气]和父母一样的孩子(多指男孩)
13PHRASE [VERB inflects]冒着败坏名声的风险;拿名誉(或地位)做赌注 If someone lays their head on the block, or puts their head on the block, they are risking their reputation or position by taking a particular course of action. 冒着败坏名声的风险;拿名誉(或地位)做赌注
The Chancellor, by his unusual statement, has put his head on the block.