n.  砖，砖块

n.  积木

• a brick wall  砖墙 

• a pile of bricks  一摞砖

• bricks and mortar  房产〔尤指作为一种投资〕

• brick sth off  用砖墙隔开

• brick sth up/in  用砖堵住[围住]

• be up against a brick wall 

  遇到难以逾越的障碍

• make bricks without straw  做无米之炊

• hit a brick wall or come up against a brick wall  碰壁

• It is built of wood and bricks.

  由木头和砖块构成

• The windows were bricked up.

  窗户用砖堵起来了。

• Some of the rooms had been bricked off.

  有几间房是用砖墙隔出来的。

• After that my career just seemed to hit a brick wall.  从那以后我的事业似乎碰了壁。