block

塊、ブロック

材料の固い塊。多くは六つの平らな面を持つ。

やさしい英語で： A solid piece of material, often with six flat sides.

• The child stacked three wooden blocks.
• We built a wall from concrete blocks.
• She cut the block into smaller pieces.

使い方： a block of something (He carved a bird from a block of wood.)

類義語： chunk, piece

よく使う表現： wooden block, building block, block of wood, block of ice

街区、ブロック

道に沿って、隣り合う二つの交差する道の間を測った距離。

やさしい英語で： The distance along a street between two streets that cross it.

• The shop is two blocks away.
• Walk one block and turn left.
• We live six blocks from the school.

使い方： a number of blocks from somewhere (The hotel is three blocks from the station.)

よく使う表現： a block away, walk a block, next block

ブロック、アクセス制限

ネットのサービス利用や、電話での連絡をできなくする制限。

やさしい英語で： A restriction that stops someone using an online service or contacting someone by phone.

• The website placed a block on my account.
• Can you remove the block on incoming calls?
• Repeated abuse can lead to a permanent block.

使い方： a block on someone/something (There is a block on calls from that number.)

類義語： ban, restriction

よく使う表現： temporary block, account block, remove a block

まな板、断頭台

物を切る厚く頑丈な台。昔は首を切るときにも使われた。

やさしい英語で： A thick, solid base used for cutting things, or formerly for cutting off someone's head.

• Put the meat on the block.
• The butcher cleaned his wooden block.
• The prisoner placed his head on the block.

類義語： chopping block

よく使う表現： chopping block, butcher's block, on the block

ふさぐ、遮る

人や物が通ったり、先に進んだりするのを妨げる。

やさしい英語で： To stop someone or something passing through or moving forward.

• A car blocked the entrance.
• Leaves are blocking the drain.
• Please move your bag; it blocks the path.

類義語： obstruct, bar, clog

反対語： clear, unblock

よく使う表現： block the road, block someone's way, block a drain, block a pipe

ブロックする、アクセスを禁止する

サービスの利用や、自分への電話やメッセージをできなくする。

やさしい英語で： To stop someone using an online service or contacting you by phone or messages.

• I blocked his number.
• The website blocks users who send spam.
• Have you blocked her from seeing your posts?

使い方： block someone from doing something (The service blocked him from sending messages.)

類義語： ban, bar

反対語： unblock

よく使う表現： block a user, block someone's number, block unwanted calls