brick
US /brɪk/
UK /brɪk/
名詞
1.
磚
a block of hard material used in building, typically made of fired clay
範例:
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The house was built with red bricks.
房子是用紅磚建造的。
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He laid each brick carefully.
他小心翼翼地鋪設每一塊磚。
2.
積木, 玩具磚
a child's toy building block
範例:
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The children were playing with colorful plastic bricks.
孩子們正在玩彩色塑膠積木。
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He built a tall tower out of toy bricks.
他用玩具積木搭了一個高塔。
3.
磚頭機, 老式手機
a large, heavy, and often outdated mobile phone
範例:
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My old phone is such a brick, it barely fits in my pocket.
我的舊手機真是個磚頭，幾乎放不進我的口袋。
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Before smartphones, many cell phones were big bricks.
在智慧型手機出現之前，許多手機都是大磚頭。
動詞
1.
變磚, 使...無法使用
to render an electronic device permanently inoperable, typically due to a software malfunction or incorrect firmware update
範例:
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Be careful when flashing custom ROMs, you might brick your phone.
刷自定義ROM時要小心，你可能會把手機變磚。
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The faulty update caused many devices to brick.
錯誤的更新導致許多設備變磚。
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