A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides.硬块：有一个或多个平面的坚硬的固体块，如木料Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support.建材，支撑物：用于建筑或支撑的块料Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done:砧板：跺或切东西用的平台：例句：a butcher`s block.肉贩的砧板Such a piece upon which persons are beheaded.断头台：斩首时用以放头之木块A small wooden or plastic cube used as a building toy:积木：用于组合玩具的木制或塑料制的小方块：例句：a set of blocks.一组积木Printing A large amount of text.【印刷术】 印版，字模：大量不同的版本Sports A starting block.【体育运动】 起跑台A stand from which articles are displayed and sold at an auction:拍卖台：拍卖会上展示和销售物品的台子：例句：Many priceless antiques went on the block.许多价值连城的古董被放置在拍卖台上A mold or form on which an item is shaped or displayed:楦，模：让物件成形和展示的模具：例句：a hat block.帽楦A substance, such as wood or stone, that has been prepared for engraving.木料，石料：雕刻用的材料，如木头或石料

A pulley or a system of pulleys set in a casing.滑轮，滑轮组：安装在机械外壳中的滑轮或滑轮组An engine block.内燃机引擎铸模A bloc.集团A set of like items, such as shares of stock, sold or handled as a unit.一组，一批：作为一体出售或处理的一批类似物品，如股票A group of four or more unseparated postage stamps forming a rectangle.四方联：一组四张或四张以上呈长方形的联张邮票Canadian A group of townships in an unsurveyed area.【加拿大】 镇区：未经测量地区中的镇区

A usually rectangular section of a city or town bounded on each side by consecutive streets.街区：城镇中沿着连续的街道两边的呈长方形的地段A segment of a street bounded by consecutive cross streets and including its buildings and inhabitants.街段：由交叉路口界定的一段街，包括路边的建筑和居民A large building divided into separate units, such as apartments.大楼：分隔成许多单元的大厦，如公寓楼A length of railroad track controlled by signals.受信号器控制的铁轨The act of obstructing.阻碍，妨碍：阻碍的行为Something that obstructs; an obstacle.阻塞物；障碍物

Sports An act of bodily obstruction, as of a player or ball.【体育运动】 阻挡：运动员用身体阻挡或用球挡Football Legal interference with an opposing player to clear the path of the ball carrier.【橄榄球】 阻挡：干扰对方队员为带球者开道的合乎规定的阻止Medicine Interruption, especially obstruction, of a normal physiological function:【医学】 阻滞：正常生理功能的中断，尤指阻塞：例句：nerve block.神经传导阻滞Psychology Sudden cessation of speech or a thought process without an immediate observable cause, sometimes considered a consequence of repression.【心理学】 中断：说话或思虑无意识地突然中断，可能是感情压抑的结果Slang The human head:【俚语】 脑袋：例句：threatened to knock my block off.威胁我要敲碎我的脑袋A blockhead.傻瓜、笨蛋v.（动词）blocked,block.ing,blocks v.tr.（及物动词）To shape into a block or blocks.作模具To support, strengthen, or retain in place by means of a block.支撑，加强，保持：用木料和石料等支撑、加强或保持To shape, mold, or form with or on a block:制造，铸造，塑造：用楦模或在楦模上制造、铸造或塑造：例句：block a hat.用帽楦制帽子

To stop or impede the passage of or movement through; obstruct:妨碍，封锁，阻塞：阻止或妨碍…穿越或移动；阻碍：例句：block traffic.妨碍交通To shut out from view:遮住视线：例句：a curtain blocking the stage.一道遮住舞台的幕To indicate broadly without great detail; sketch:拟定，概要：不包括详细细节地大致描述；概要：例句：block out a plan of action.拟定行动大纲Sports To impede the movement of (an opponent or the ball) by physical interference.【体育运动】 挡球：用身体阻挡对手或球的移动Medicine To interrupt the proper functioning of (a nervous, muscular, or other physiological process), especially by the use of anesthesia.【医学】 阻塞：中断（神经、肌肉或其他生理进程的）正常功能，尤指 * 的使用Psychology To fail to remember.【心理学】 失去记忆To run (trains) on a block system.用闭塞制管理（列车）v.intr.（不及物动词）Sports To obstruct the movement of an opponent.【体育运动】 阻挡：阻碍对方队员跑动out of the blocksFrom a starting position, as in a race or contest:开始：比赛或竞赛从起点开始：例句：The company has in the past been slow out of the blocks to adapt to consumer tastes.公司从一开始就适应了顾客的口味习惯用语>来源：Middle English blok 中古英语 blok from Old French 源自 古法语 from Middle Dutch 源自 中古荷兰语 【引伸】block.ern.（名词）block,hide,obscure,obstruct,screen,shroud同义词>The central meaning shared by these verbs is .to cut off from sight.: 这些动词都带有.阻断，隔断.的意思： 例句：trees that block the view;树挡住了视线；例句：a road hidden by brush;被灌木丛遮住的道路；例句：mist that obscures the mountain peak;遮住了峰顶的大雾；例句：skyscrapers obstructing the sky;遮住了天空的摩天楼；例句：a fence that screens the alley;隔开胡同的篱笆；例句：a face shrouded by a heavy veil. See also Synonyms at hinder obstacle 用厚面纱罩住的脸 参见同义词 hinderobstacle参考词汇>