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♦ brick /brɪk/n.1 [cu] mattone; laterizio: built in brick (o brick-built) (costruito) in mattoni; di mattoni; a brick wall, un muro di mattoni2 pezzo rettangolare; cubetto; blocchetto5 (fam. GB, antiq.) vero amico; angelo; tesoro: Celia, you're a brick!, Celia, sei un angelo!● bricks and mortar, edifici (pl.); case (pl.); ( come investimento) il mattone, la casa, gli immobili (pl.); ( anche) il settore immobiliare □ (comput., econ.) brick-and-mortar, tradizionale (ossia non appartenente alla «new economy») □ brick-earth, argilla per mattoni □ brick flooring, ammattonato □ brick hammer, martello da muratore □ brick kiln, fornace da mattoni □ brick pavement, ammattonato □ brick red, rosso mattone □ brick veneer, rivestimento di mattoni (di casa, su una struttura di legno); (Austral.) casa con questo rivestimento □ (fam.) to be a brick (o a few bricks) short of a load, essere un po' picchiato; non essere tutto giusto □ (fam.) to come down on sb. like a ton of bricks, fare una sfuriata a q.; levare il pelo a q.; mangiarsi vivo q. □ to come up against a brick wall, andare a sbattere contro un muro (fig.) □ (fam.) to drop a brick, fare una gaffe; dirla grossa □ ( slang USA) to hit the bricks, uscire in strada; scioperare, scendere in strada; uscire di prigione □ to make bricks without straw, fare qc. senza avere i mezzi necessari.(to) brick /brɪk/v. t.costruire, pavimentare con mattoni; ammattonare, mattonare● to brick up, murare ( con mattoni: una finestra, ecc.) □ ( slang) to be bricking it, cacarsi sotto (dalla paura). -
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I 1. [brɪk]1) mattone m.2) BE (child's toy) mattoncino m., cubo m.2.modificatore [wall, building] di mattoni••II [brɪk]verbo transitivo costruire, pavimentare con mattoni- brick up* * *[brik]((a block of) baked clay used for building: a pile of bricks; ( also adjective) a brick wall.) mattone- brickbat- bricklayer* * *I 1. [brɪk]1) mattone m.2) BE (child's toy) mattoncino m., cubo m.2.modificatore [wall, building] di mattoni••II [brɪk]verbo transitivo costruire, pavimentare con mattoni- brick up -
4 brick n
[brɪk]to drop a brick fig fam — fare una gaffe
to meet or come up against a brick wall fig — trovarsi davanti un ostacolo insormontabile
you can't make bricks without straw — (Proverb) non si può far niente senza l'occorrente
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7 brick up vt + adv
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8 brick-built adj
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9 brick red
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10 brick-built
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11 redbrick red·brick adj
['rɛdˌbrɪk] Cultural note: RED-BRICK UNIVERSITY In Gran Bretagna, con il termine red-brick university (letteralmente, università di mattoni rossi) si indicano le università istituite tra la fine dell'Ottocento e i primi del Novecento, per contraddistinguerle dalle università più antiche, i cui edifici sono di pietra. Oxbridge -
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14 brickbat brick·bat n
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15 bricklayer brick·layer n
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16 brickwork brick·work n
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17 brickworks brick·works n
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18 firebrick fire·brick n
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19 drop a brick / drop a clanger
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20 air brick
См. также в других словарях:
brick — brick … Dictionnaire des rimes
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brick — [brik] n. [ME brike < MDu < breken, BREAK (in sense “piece of baked clay”) & MFr brique < OFr, of same orig.] 1. a substance made from clay molded into oblong blocks and fired in a kiln or baked in the sun, used in building, paving, etc … English World dictionary
brick — brick; brick·field·er; brick·ie; brick·le; brick·low; gold·brick; brick·ly; … English syllables
Brick — Brick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bricked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bricking}.] 1. To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks. [1913 Webster] 2. To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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