blockage 音标拼音: [bl'ɑkɪdʒ]
n . 封锁,妨碍
封锁,妨碍
blockage n 1 :
the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction [
synonym : {
obstruction }, {
blockage }]
2 :
an obstruction in a pipe or tube ; "
we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe " [
synonym : {
blockage },
{
block }, {
closure }, {
occlusion }, {
stop }, {
stoppage }]
3 :
the act of blocking [
synonym : {
blockage }, {
closure }, {
occlusion }]
Blockage \
Block "
age \,
n .
The act of blocking up ;
the state of being blocked up .
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1913 Webster ]
Block \
Block \ (
bl [
o ^]
k ),
n . [
OE .
blok ;
cf .
F .
bloc (
fr .
OHG .),
D . &
Dan .
blok ,
Sw . &
G .
block ,
OHG .
bloch .
There is also an OHG .
bloch ,
biloh ;
bi by the same root as that of E .
lock .
Cf . {
Block },
v .
t ., {
Blockade },
and see {
Lock }.]
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1 .
A piece of wood more or less bulky ;
a solid mass of wood ,
stone ,
etc .,
usually with one or more plane ,
or approximately plane ,
faces ;
as ,
a block on which a butcher chops his meat ;
a block by which to mount a horse ;
children '
s playing blocks ,
etc .
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Now all our neighbors '
chimneys smoke ,
And Christmas blocks are burning . --
Wither .
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All her labor was but as a block Left in the quarry . --
Tennyson .
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2 .
The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded .
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Noble heads which have been brought to the block .
--
E .
Everett .
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3 .
The wooden mold on which hats ,
bonnets ,
etc .,
are shaped .
Hence :
The pattern or shape of a hat .
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He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat ;
it ever changes with the next block . --
Shak .
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4 .
A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops ,
or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building ;
a row of houses or shops .
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5 .
A square ,
or portion of a city inclosed by streets ,
whether occupied by buildings or not .
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The new city was laid out in rectangular blocks ,
each block containing thirty building lots .
Such an average block ,
comprising 282 houses and covering nine acres of ground ,
exists in Oxford Street .
--
Lond .
Quart .
Rev .
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6 .
A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook ,
eye ,
or strap ,
by which it may be attached to an object .
It is used to change the direction of motion ,
as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached ,
and also ,
when two or more such sheaves are compounded ,
to change the rate of motion ,
or to exert increased force ; --
used especially in the rigging of ships ,
and in tackles .
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7 . (
Falconry )
The perch on which a bird of prey is kept .
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8 .
Any obstruction ,
or cause of obstruction ;
a stop ;
a hindrance ;
an obstacle ; --
also called {
blockage };
as ,
a block in the way ;
a block in an artery ;
a block in a nerve ;
a block in a biochemical pathway .
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9 .
A piece of box or other wood for engravers '
work .
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10 . (
Print .)
A piece of hard wood (
as mahogany or cherry )
on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high .
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11 .
A blockhead ;
a stupid fellow ;
a dolt . [
Obs .]
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What a block art thou ! --
Shak .
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12 .
A section of a railroad where the block system is used .
See {
Block system },
below .
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13 .
In Australia ,
one of the large lots into which public land ,
when opened to settlers ,
is divided by the government surveyors .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
14 . (
Cricket )
(
a )
The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket .
(
b )
A block hole .
(
c )
The popping crease . [
R .]
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Webster 1913 Suppl .]
15 .
a number of individual items sold as a unit ;
as ,
a block of airline ticketes ;
a block of hotel rooms ;
a block of stock .
[
PJC ]
16 .
the length of one side of a city block [
5 ],
traversed along any side ;
as ,
to walk three blocks ahead and turn left at the corner .
[
PJC ]
17 .
a halt in a mental process ,
especially one due to stress ,
memory lapse ,
confusion ,
etc .;
as ,
a writer '
s block ;
to have a block in remembering a name .
[
PJC ]
18 . (
computers )
a quantity of binary -
encoded information transferred ,
or stored ,
as a unit to ,
from ,
or on a data storage device ;
as ,
to divide a disk into 512 -
byte blocks .
[
PJC ]
19 . (
computers )
a number of locations in a random -
access memory allocated to storage of specific data ;
as ,
to allocate a block of 1024 bytes for the stack .
[
PJC ]
{
A block of shares } (
Stock Exchange ),
a large number of shares in a stock company ,
sold in a lump . --
Bartlett .
{
Block printing }.
(
a )
A mode of printing (
common in China and Japan )
from engraved boards by means of a sheet of paper laid on the linked surface and rubbed with a brush . --
S .
W .
Williams .
(
b )
A method of printing cotton cloth and paper hangings with colors ,
by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with coloring matter .
{
Block system }
on railways ,
a system by which the track is divided into sections of three or four miles ,
and trains are so run by the guidance of electric signals that no train enters a section or block before the preceding train has left it .
{
Back blocks },
Australian pastoral country which is remote from the seacoast or from a river .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
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