| ترجمات إضافية |
| brick n | figurative, dated, informal (good person) | شخص طيّب |
| | You can count on William; he's a brick! |
| brick n | (block of rectangular shape) (مجازي) | مكعب |
| ملاحظة: تستخدم مكعب في سياق غير رياضي لتعني أي جسم مستطيل. |
| | A brick of mud fell off the bottom of the bucket. |
| brick n | UK (child's toy block) | مكعب |
| | The child built a tower with the brightly coloured bricks. |
| brick [sth]⇒ vtr | often passive, informal (computer device: stop working) | يعطّل |
| | I bricked my phone when I tried to install that mod. |
صيغ مركبة:
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| be built like a brick s***house v expr | vulgar, offensive, informal (person: be big and muscular) | يكون ضخم البنية، يكون مفتول العضلات |
| be like talking to a brick wall v expr | figurative, informal (not be listened to) (لا يصغي) | كالتكلم مع حائط |
| | Talking to Esther is like talking to a brick wall; neither one will listen! |
| brick cheese n | US (American hard cheese) (نوع من الجبن الأميركي القاسي) | جبن الطوبة |
| | Cheddar cheese from Vermont is a kind of brick cheese. |
| brick it v expr | UK, slang (be very scared) | يكون خائفًا جدًّا، يكون متوترًا جدًّا |
| ملاحظة: Usually used in continuous tenses. |
| brick oven n | (oven made of bricks) | فرن من الآجرّ |
| | That restaurant bakes pizzas in a wood-fired brick oven. |
| brick pattern n | (staggered placement) | نقش جدار الآجرّ، نقش جدار الطوب |
| brick red n | (orangey-brown colour) (لون) | الأحمر القرميديّ |
brick red,
brick-red n as adj | (orangey-brown) | أحمر قرميديّ |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| brick stitch n | (needlework) (في شغل الإبرة) | غرزة الطوب، قطبة الآجرّ |
| brick wall n | (wall made of bricks) | جدار من الآجرّ، جدار من الطوب |
| | Winston Churchill, who laid bricks as a hobby, built a tall brick wall around his house. |
| brick-built adj | (made of bricks) | مبنيّ من الآجرّ، مبنيّ من الطوب |
bricks-and-mortar,
brick-and-mortar n as adj | (made of bricks and mortar) | مصنوع من آجر وملاط، مصنوع من طوب وملاط |
| | Most houses here are stick-built, but in countries where wood is expensive, they're bricks-and-mortar buildings. |
clinker,
clinker brick n | (hard brick used as paving) | آجرّ صلب، طوب قاسٍ |
| drop a brick v expr | UK, informal (make a social blunder) | يقوم بتصرُّف مربك، يرتكب هفوة |
hit a brick wall,
hit a wall v expr | figurative, informal (meet an obstacle) | يصل إلى طريق مسدود |
| | | يعجز عن مواصلة شيء |
| | If I hit a brick wall while writing, I find a thirty-minute run helps me to refocus. |
Lego brick,
Lego block,
a piece of Lego,
also US: Lego n | ® (piece in a Lego set) | قطعة ليغو |
| red brick n | (reddish building material) | قرميدة، طوبة حمراء |
red brick,
red-brick n as adj | (building: made of red bricks) | من قرميد، من طوب أحمر |
red brick,
redbrick n as adj | UK, figurative (university: newer, not Oxbridge) (جامعة) | أحدث، غير أكسفورد وكيمبريدج |
redbrick,
red brick adj | UK, figurative, informal (newer provincial university) | حديثاً في بريطانيا |
thick as a brick,
as thick as a brick,
as thick as two planks v expr | informal (lack intelligence) | قليل الذكاء، غليظ الذهن |
| | The new employee is thick as a brick. |
| | الموظف الجديد قليل الذكاء. |