Etymologically some sources at least believe that the word brick is related to the word break and that originally bricks were not whole units but broken pieces.

至少从词源学上的信息我们相信，brick这个词和词汇break相关，最初砖块的概念不是整体而是碎片。

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She's about to break through a brick wall to enlarge her children's section "for my customers of the future."

她准备打掉一面墙扩大儿童读物区“为了我未来的顾客。”

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To break the mold of straight, vertical buildings, FPT University is envisioned to be a forested mountain, growing out of a city of concrete and brick.

为了打破垂直的建筑形式，FPT大学的设想是一个森林山的概念，在其上生长出一个由混凝土和砖打造的城市。

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Why is it inconceivable that his campaign cannot break out into the brick and mortal world?

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Vaguely diverted by the break in routine, that evening he walked on the brick-paved front driveway instead, looping around the circular lawn and through a carport in which a misplaced glass chandelier cast a friendly yellow light.

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