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brickwork

/brik-wurk/US // ˈbrɪkˌwɜrk //UK // (ˈbrɪkˌwɜːk) //

砌体工程,砖砌工程,砖瓦工程,砖厂

Related Words

stone石头,石材,石块,石料slab大板,板块,板坯,石板cinder block煤渣块,煤渣砌块,煤渣砖,灰渣块cube方块,立方体,立体,立方trade贸易,贸易方面,贸易方面的ashlar石灰岩,灰岩,灰石,灰石板stonework石工,石材工程,石器工程,石材作业

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : brick construction, as contrasted with that using other materials.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbrick
Synonyms
cinder block煤渣块,煤渣砌块,煤渣砖,灰渣块slab大板,板块,板坯,石板stone石头,石材,石块,石料cube方块,立方体,立体,立方
as inmasonry
Synonyms
ashlar石灰岩,灰岩,灰石,灰石板stonework石工,石材工程,石器工程,石材作业trade贸易,贸易方面,贸易方面的

Examples

  • The building would be easy to overlook, as it’s unadorned brickwork offers no clues to its radical past.

  • The boiler was of wrought iron, built in brickwork, and looked like a big kitchen-boiler.

  • Flat or flush joints (A) are formed by pressing the protruding mortar back flush with the face of the brickwork.

  • Footings, as will be seen on reference to fig. 1, are the wide courses of brickwork at the base or foot of a wall.

  • Arches in brickwork may be classed under three heads: plain arches, rough-cut and gauged.

  • The joints are usually made equal in width to those of the ordinary brickwork.

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