- [countable, uncountable]
baked clay used for building walls, houses and other buildings; an individual block of this 砖；砖块 
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb2, Physics and chemistryb2He got a job at the local brick works. 他在当地的砖厂找了一份工作。 They moved the whole house, brick by brick. 他们蚂蚁搬家似的把整座房子的东西搬走了。 They put an extra course of bricks around the pool. 他们绕着泳池又修了一层砖墙。 We rebuilt the fireplace using salvaged bricks. 我们利用废旧砖重砌了壁炉。 a house of red brick 红砖房 learning to lay bricks properly 学习如何正确地铺砖
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- red
- adobe
- clay
- …
- lay
- use
- hurl
- …
- wall
- building
- house
- …
- in brick
- of brick
- brick by brick
- bricks and mortar
- a course of bricks
- …
- [countable]
a plastic or wooden block, used as a toy for young children to build things with 积木 - [countable, usually singular] (British English, old-fashioned, informal)
a friend that you can rely on when you need help 可靠的朋友 Thanks for looking after the children today—you're a real brick. 谢谢你今天照顾孩子，你真是个好人。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch bricke, brike; probably reinforced by Old French brique; of unknown ultimate origin.
Idioms
be banging, etc. your head against a brick wall
- (informal)
to keep trying to do something that will never be successful 用头撞墙；徒劳无益；枉费心机
be up against a brick wall
to be unable to make any progress because there is a difficulty that stops you 遇到难以逾越的障碍
drop a brick/clanger
- (British English, informal)
to say something that offends or embarrasses somebody, although you did not intend to 失言伤人；出言不慎
like a cat on hot bricks (British English)
like a cat on a hot tin roof
like a cat on a hot tin roof
(British English also like a cat on hot bricks)
very nervous 局促不安；如坐针毡；像热锅上的蚂蚁 She was like a cat on a hot tin roof before her driving test. 她在驾驶考试前就像热锅上的蚂蚁。
like a ton of bricks
make bricks without straw
- (British English)
to try to work without the necessary material, money, information, etc. 做无米之炊