brick 1 S2 W3 / brɪk / 名词

1 [可数和不可数名词] a hard block of baked clay used for building walls, houses etc :

a brick wall

a house made of brick

Protesters attacked the police with stones and bricks.

2 bricks and mortar houses – used especially when talking about them as an investment

3 [可数名词] British English a small square block of wood, plastic etc used as a toy

4 [可数名词] old-fashioned a good person who you can depend on when you are in trouble

→ be (like) banging/bashing etc your head against a brick wall at head 1 ( 31 ) , → drop a brick at drop 1 ( 27 )