- [uncountable, plural]
buildings, when you are thinking of them in connection with how much they cost to build or how much they are worth; housing, when it is considered as an investment 房地产;(作为投资的)房产 People invested in bricks and mortar. 人们过去投资房产。 Bricks and mortar outperformed the stock market. 砖头的表现优于股票市场。 Bricks and mortar are a sound investment. 砖头和灰泥是一项不错的投资。
- [countable]
a business that operates from a shop or a building that customers visit, rather than only online 实体店;实体企业 They translated a bricks and mortar to the Web. 他们把实体店转为网店。 bricks-and-mortar businesses 实体企业 - (North American English also)
brick-and-mortar businesses 实体企业