brick

れんが

壁や家を造るための、主に粘土でできた硬い長方形の塊。

やさしい英語で： A hard rectangular block, usually made from clay, used to build walls and houses.

• The house has red brick walls.
• He laid the first brick carefully.
• Several bricks fell from the old chimney.

よく使う表現： brick wall, red brick, lay a brick

塊、ブロック

小さなれんがのような形をした、固まった物質の一片。

やさしい英語で： A solid piece of something shaped like a small rectangular building block.

• He cut a slice from the brick of cheese.
• The butter came in a wrapped brick.
• We stacked the plastic bricks on the table.

使い方： brick of something (She bought a brick of cheese for the party.)

類義語： block

よく使う表現： brick of cheese, brick of butter, plastic brick

短い動画、ショート動画

インターネット上で共有される短い動画。

やさしい英語で： A short video shared online.

• She posted a brick about her morning walk.
• That funny brick appeared in my feed.
• He watched several bricks while waiting for the bus.

類義語： clip, short video, reel

よく使う表現： post a brick, watch a brick, new brick

使えなくする、文鎮化する

ソフトや設定を変え、電子機器を通常は元に戻せないほど使えなくする。

やさしい英語で： To make an electronic device stop working, usually permanently, by changing its software or settings.

• This update could brick your phone.
• I accidentally bricked my tablet yesterday.
• A failed software installation bricked the console.

類義語： disable

よく使う表現： brick a phone, brick a device, brick a console

れんがで塞ぐ、れんがを積む

れんがを使って造ったり、覆ったり、塞いだりする。

やさしい英語で： To build or cover something using small, hard rectangular building blocks.

• They plan to brick up the doorway.
• The old windows were bricked over.
• Workers bricked the sides of the well.

使い方： brick something up (They bricked the doorway up last year.)

よく使う表現： brick up something, brick over something, brick a wall