[영어 단어] block

 

block

[블락k]
(단단한) 사각형 덩어리,
(건물) 단지, 구역, 블록,
(지나가지 못하게) 막다, 차단하다,
방해하다, 저지하다

building / property / premises / complex / structure / block / edifice
A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
A block in a town is an area of land with streets on all its sides.
A block of a substance is a large rectangular piece of it.
A block of something such as tickets or shares is a large quantity of them, especially when they are all sold at the same time and are in a particular sequence or order.
If you have a mental block or a block, you are temporarily unable to do something that you can normally do which involves using, thinking about, or remembering something.
To block a road, channel, or pipe means to put an object across it or in it so that nothing can pass through it or along it.
If something blocks your view, it prevents you from seeing something because it is between you and that thing.
If you block someone's way, you prevent them from going somewhere or entering a place by standing in front of them.
You cannot park here because you are blocking the main entrance.

 

 

 

block off sewage

하수 유입을 막다

I think we must work harder to look after our water resources. A good starting point would be to block off sewage and get rid of sources of contamination.

 

 

 

block out

차단하다

We put up some thick curtains to block out the sunlight.

 

 

 

block something in

대충 그리다/칠하다

to stop a vehicle from being driven away by parking too close to it

 

 

 

block something off

(도로나 출입구를) 막다/차단하다

to close a road or another place by placing a barrier across it to stop somebody/something going in or coming out
to reserve a period of time for a particular activity

 

 

 

block something up

(구멍같은 것을) 완전히 막다, 봉쇄하다

to fill something such as a hole completely so that nothing can get through it