意味: ブロック・障害
例文: Chair-kun blocked the hallway heroically.
チェアくんは廊下を勇敢にふさいだ。
定義: 何かの固体の部分（通常、平らな長方形の側面を持つ）
コロケーション:
blockは10,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。
Definitions(定義)
Noun: a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
Noun: a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
Noun: a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
Noun: a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
Noun: housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
Noun: (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
Noun: an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
Noun: a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
Noun: a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
Noun: an obstruction in a pipe or tube
Noun: a platform from which an auctioneer sells
Noun: the act of obstructing or deflecting someone’s movements
Verb: render unsuitable for passage
Verb: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
Verb: stop from happening or developing
Verb: interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
Verb: run on a block system
Verb: interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
Verb: shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
Verb: stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
Verb: obstruct
Verb: block passage through
Verb: support, secure, or raise with a block
Verb: impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
Verb: be unable to remember
Verb: shape by using a block
Verb: shape into a block or blocks
Verb: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
Parts of Speech(品詞)
Noun, Verb
Examples(例文)
Noun: the pyramids were built with large stone blocks
Noun: he lives in the next block
Noun: he reserved a large block of seats
Noun: he held a large block of the company’s stock
Noun: there is a block of classrooms in the west wing
Noun: since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block’ and `sector’ are sometimes used interchangeably
Noun: I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block
Noun: the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked
Noun: we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
Noun: they put their paintings on the block
Verb: block the way
Verb: barricade the streets
Verb: stop the busy road
Verb: His brother blocked him at every turn
Verb: Block his election
Verb: Halt the process
Verb: Jam the Voice of America
Verb: block the signals emitted by this station
Verb: block trains
Verb: block a nerve
Verb: block a muscle
Verb: The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage
Verb: The trees obstruct my view of the mountains
Verb: block the book cover
Verb: My nose is all stuffed
Verb: Her arteries are blocked
Verb: obstruct the path
Verb: block a plate for printing
Verb: block the wheels of a car
Verb: block an attack
Verb: I’m drawing a blank
Verb: You are blocking the name of your first wife!
Verb: Block a hat
Verb: block a garment
Verb: block the graphs so one can see the results clearly
Verb: Blocked funds
Verb: Freeze the assets of this hostile government
Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)
Synonyms(類語): auction block, bar, barricade, blank out, block, block off, block up, blockade, blockage, blocking, choke up, city block, close up, closure, cube, cylinder block, deflect, draw a blank, embarrass, engine block, forget, freeze, halt, hinder, immobilise, immobilize, impede, jam, kibosh, lug, mental block, obstruct, obturate, occlude, occlusion, parry, pulley, pulley block, pulley-block, stop, stoppage, stuff, stymie, stymy
Antonyms(反意語): free, remember, unblock, unfreeze, unstuff
Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)
Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): anesthetize, area, artifact, cast, clog, collection, computer memory unit, emboss, fence, hide, hold, housing, impede, inability, interrupt, machine, obstruct, obstruction, operate, platform, prevent, shape, solid, withhold
Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): agglomeration, allocation unit, americana, ana, anachronism, anchorage, antiquity, apartment, arena, armamentarium, art collection, article, asia, assortment, auction block, aviation, backlog, bandstand, bar, barricade, barrier, batch, battery, bed ground, billet, biota, block, blockade, blockage, blocking, blow, book, bosom, bottle collection, brace, bracket, break, broadcast area, building material, bunch, buoy, burst in on, bury, button, byte, camp, carry, cast, catwalk, center, central america, check, chime in, chloroform, chock, class, clog, cocainize, coin collection, collage, combination, commodity, concave shape, condominium, cone, congregation, content, convex shape, convoy, corner, corpus, cover, covering, crap up, creation, crop, crow’s nest, crystallize, cup, cut, cylinder, dais, dam, danger, data, death mask, debar, deck, decker, decoration, defense, deform, deny, deprive, dimension, disaster area, disguise, dish, dock, draw, dwelling, electroplate, encircle, engine block, ensemble, etherize, europe, exabit, exabyte, exbibit, excavation, exhibition, extra, fabric, facility, fauna, financier, findings, fit, fixture, flagging, flatten, fleet, flinders, float, fly gallery, footboard, footplate, foretop, fork, free port, free world, freeze, frustum, galaxy, generally accepted accounting principles, gibibit, gigabit, gigabyte, gimmickry, gum up, hand, harbor, haunt, hearth, heckle, herbarium, high country, hindrance, hit parade, hobble, hospice, hostel, hunting ground, illiteracy, immobilize, inaptitude, incapacity, inclined plane, incomprehension, individuate, inhibit, insert, instrumentality, interfere, interject, jam, job lot, judaica, keep to oneself, kibibit, kilobit, kilobyte, kludge, land up, landing, landing stage, launching pad, law, layer, lemon, lever, library, life mask, line, living quarters, long suit, lurk, mail, marker, mass, mebibit, megabit, megabyte, menagerie, mobile home, monkey bridge, mystification, mythology, neighborhood, no man’s land, no-go area, north america, nuclear club, nybble, obscure, obstacle, obstruct, oort cloud, open, opening, ovoid, pack, package, padding, pallet, pantheon, parry, partition, pause, paving, pebibit, petabit, petabyte, petting zoo, pharmacopoeia, pied-a-terre, pier, pile, planting, plaything, plume, pole, polyhedron, population, procession, prop up, prosecution, pulley, punctuate, put away, quadrant, quartering, rain shadow, rattrap, ready-made, repertoire, repertory, reserve, resort area, restoration, retreat, ridge, ring, rogue’s gallery, roll, round, runway, safety, save, scaffold, scallop, scene, screen, secrete, section, sector, set, set back, sheet, shelter, shrubbery, signage, silt up, sliver, smithereens, south america, space, sphere, square, squeaker, stage, staging area, stairhead, stamp collection, statuary, stop, strike, string, strip, structure, stuff, stunt, stupidity, suffocate, sum, surface, sweep under the rug, tabulate, take off, tank farm, tebibit, tenantry, terabit, terabyte, terrace, thing, third world, thwart, tie, tie up, top, toroid, track, tract housing, traffic, treasure, treasure trove, trinketry, troponymy, truss, tumbler, turn, turntable, twist, uncreativeness, underpin, unskillfulness, vegetation, veil, victoriana, wardrobe, warm up, way, weight, wheel, winner’s circle, word, work, yobibit, yottabit, yottabyte, zebibit, zettabit, zettabyte
Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): anvil, bad block, barrage jam, barricade, blanket jam, blockade, bollock, bottleneck, breechblock, briquette, cake, cellblock, check, chock, chopping block, clog, close, crosshead, cube, dam, domino, embargo, fairlead, filibuster, goldbrick, hang, idle pulley, ingot, interference, land up, nog, nut, pad, parry, plug, point jam, screen, shut off, slab, slip, spot jam, starting block, stay, step, stonewall, suffocate, swage block, tie up, trap block, type, vapor lock, ward, writer’s block
Derivationally Related Words(派生語)
Derivationally Related Words: bar, barricade, block, blockade, blockage, blocker, blocking, blocky, cube, cubical, cuboidal, freeze, halt, hindrance, impediment, jam, jamming, obstructer, obstruction, obstructive, obstructor, obturator, occlusion, occlusive, parry, stop, stopper, stymie
Categories(カテゴリー)
Domain Categories: psychology, science, technology
Usage Category: formal
Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, emotional, online
Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun
Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)
Prefixes(接頭辞):
Suffixes(接尾辞):
Exam Level
中学レベル
英検準2級
Media Appearance(メディア登場例)
Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes
Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys
Other Information(その他)
Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes
Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No
Emotion Categories:
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