n.  一块〔指木头、石头等有直边的坚硬物体〕

n.  街段，一段街区

n.  栋，座，幢

n.  一组，一批，一套，一叠

n.  思维阻滞〔指暂时失去思考、学习、写作等能力的现象〕

n.  阻碍，障碍

v.  阻挡，堵塞

v.  阻止，妨碍，阻挠

• a block of flats  一栋住宅楼 

• block booking/voting  团体订购/集体投票

• block sb’s way/path/exit/escape 

  挡住某人的去路/路/出口/逃跑的路

• block sb’s view  挡住某人的视线

• block sb/sth in 

  〔因为靠得太近而〕堵住；画…的草图

• block sth off  封闭，封锁〔道路、入口等〕

• block sth out 

  挡住，遮住〔光线〕；不去想，抹去

• With the right device tuned to the right frequency, what's to stop a thief from jamming your setup and blocking that alert signal from ever reaching the base station? 阻断信号

• Teams have become the basic building blocks of organisations. 建筑群（控制中心）

• As I sat blocked and clueless for two solid days, I momentarily wondered if I couldn't just call an expert on the subject matter which I was tackling, or someone who took the class previously, to get me going.

  思维阻滞，毫无头绪

• “For once, we are the ones who are blocking the traffic,” he says delightedly.

  阻碍交通

• Japan says fear of disease is its main reason to block fresh imports. 阻止进口

• The incident happened on the 400 block of Rutland Road just after 12: 30 p. m. 街区

• After his second novel, Garland had writer’s block.

  嘉兰写完第二部小说之后陷入了创作瓶颈。

• The sink’s blocked up. 水槽堵住了。

• Police blocked off the city centre streets.

  警方封锁了市中心的街道。