to block, hand-blocked silk, strengthen the hand of, ability of the virus to spread appeared to be strengthening.

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倫敦某著名百貨 以 hand-blocked silk馳名

block
v., blocked, block·ing, blocks. v.tr.

1. To shape into a block or blocks.
2. To support, strengthen, or retain in place by means of a block.
3. To shape, mold, or form with or on a block: block a hat.
4. 1. To stop or impede the passage of or movement through; obstruct: block traffic.
   2. To shut out from view: a curtain blocking the stage.
   3. To stop the passage of (a motion or bill) in a legislative assembly.
5. To indicate broadly without great detail; sketch. Often used with out: block out a plan of action; block out stage movements.
6. Sports. To impede the movement of (an opponent or the ball) by physical interference.
7. Medicine. To interrupt or obstruct the proper functioning of (a physiological process), especially by the use of drugs.
8. Psychology. To fail to remember.
9. To run (trains) on a block system.

v.intr.

1. Sports. To obstruct the movement of an opponent.
2. To suffer a mental block. Often used with on: I blocked on his name.

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1 〈通路・交通などを〉閉鎖する, ふさぐ((up, off))

block up a road ［the drain］
道路［排水溝］をふさぐ

block off the street with barbed wire
有刺鉄線で街路をふさぐ

Blocked
((掲示))この先通行止め

The railroad got blocked by a landslide.
地すべりで鉄道が不通になった.

2 〈人・行動を〉妨害する；〈計画などの〉じゃまをする；〈議案の〉通過を妨害する

block the advance of the enemy
敵の前進を阻止する

block a person's way
人を通らせないようにする

feel blocked
八方ふさがりになったように感じる.
3 ((通例受身))〈通貨・財産などを〉凍結する, 封鎖する. ⇒FREEZE 5

blocked currency ［funds］

凍結通貨［資金］.

4 〈帽子・服などの〉型取りをする.

5 〈計画などの〉大要を作る；〈絵の〉輪郭を描く((out, up, in))；《演劇》…の振りつけをする((out)).

6 《スポーツ》〈相手・動作・ボールを〉ブロックする. ▼反則ではない.

7 〈神経を〉まひさせる；《医学》〈神経を〉（麻酔で）遮断(しゃだん)する.

8 （心理障害で）…を思い出せない.