blob /blob; NAmE bla:b/ noun a small amount or drop of sth，especially a liquid; a small area of colour (尤备液

体的 > 一点，一滴；（颜色的）一小片，斑点：a Wob 〇/ fnfc —滴墨水◊ a pfnfc Wob粉红色斑点

bloc /blDk; NAmE bla:k/ noun a group of countries that work closely together because they have similar polit­ical interests (政治利益一致的） 国家集团 —see also en

BLOC

block /blok; NAmEblaik/ noun, verb

m noun

►                   SOLID MATERIAL 固体 1 [C] a large piece of a solid material that is square in shape and usually has flat sides (方形平面）大块；立方体：a biocfc 〇/ i’ce/ concrete/stone —方冰 / 混凝土 / 石头 <>a chopping Wocfc (=for cutting food on)石占板 _ see also breeze block,

BUILDING BLOCK, CINDER BLOCK

►                   BUILDING 建筑 i [C] (8r£) a tall building that contains flats or offices; buildings that form part of a school, hospital, etc. which are used for a particular purpose

(公寓、办公、教学、医院等）大楼；（成组建筑中的,） 一栋楼房：a tower Wocfc 高层建筑◊ a Wodc 〇/ /Eats 公寓大# ◊ an oj^ftce bZocfc ‘公大_ ◊ the imiversi'ty’s science Wocfc 这所失学的理科夫楼一picture page R23 o note at building

►                   STREETS 街道 3 [C] a group of buildings with streets on all sides四面临街的一方块楼群；街区：She took the dog/or a waWc_around the bioc/c.她带着狗绕街区散步。

4 [C] [NAm£) the length of one side of a piece of land or group of buildings, from the place where one street crosses it to the next (两条街道之间的）一段街区：Ms apartment is three blocks away from the police station. 他住在和警察局相隔三个街区的公寓里。

►                   AREA OF LAND -片土地 5 [C] (es/?e〇fl//y /SMmf) a large area of land —大弁 i地 6 [C] (Awsfra/£) an area of land for building a house on 房基;宅基地

►                   AMOUNT 数量 7 [C] a quantity of sth or an amount of time that is considered as a single unit (东西的）一 批，v组；（时间的）一段：a Wocfc o/shares —夫宗股 份◊ a biocfc 〇/ text in a document文■彳丰中的一段文字◊ {Br£) The theatre gives discounts for block bookings (= a iarge number of tickets bought at the same time)•该剧 院给团体票打折。◊ rhe three-hour doss is divided into jbur Wocfcs o/45 minutes each.三小时的课分成四节，每 节45分钟。

►                   THAT STOPS PROGRESS 形成.阻碍 8,[C, usually sing.] some­thing that makes movement or progress difficult or impossible 障碍物.；阻碍；妨害 KT71 obstacle ： Lack of training acts as a block to progress in a career. 缺乏训练会妨碍事业的发展。一see also ROADBLOCK, STUMBLING BLOCK, WRITER’S BLOCK

►                   IN SPORT 体育运动 9 [C] a movement that stops another player from going forward 阻挡；拦截 10 the blocks

[p|.] = STARTING BLOCKS

►                   FOR PUNISHMENT 刑罚 11 the block [sing.] (in the past) the piece of wood on which a person's head was cut off as a punishment (古代斩首用的）垫头木

IM go on the 'block to be sold, especially at an auction (= a sale in which items are sold to the person who offers the most money)被拿去卖；推上 拍卖场 have been around the 'block (a few times) '..("i/ormfl/) to have a lot of experience 经.验丰富；.见多识 P put/Iay your head/neck on the block to risk losing your job, damaging your reputation, etc. by doing or saying sth冒(矣业、损失名誉等）的险一more at chip

n., KNOCK V., NEW

■ verb [VN] 1 to stop sth from moving or flowing through a pipe, a passage, a road, etc. by putting sth in it or across it 邊塞；阻塞：After todays heavy snow, many roads are sriH Wocfced.今天下过大雪，很多道路仍然邊 塞。◊ a Wocfced smfc 堵塞了的洗涤槽 2 〜the/sb’s way, exit, view, etc. to stop sb from going somewhere or seeing sth by standing in front of them or in their way 堵住（某人的路等）；挡住（某人的视线等）：One 0/ the guards moved to Wodc her path. —名守卫走过去挡桂 她的路。◊ An ug/y new buiZdfng Wocfced the view 介om the window. —座难看的大楼把窗外的景物遮住了。3 to prevent sth from happening, developing or making progress 妨碍；阻碍：The proposed merger has been Wocfced by the government.建议中的合并计划遭到了来自