building block

英 [ˈbɪldɪŋ blɒk]

美 [ˈbɪldɪŋ blɑːk]

n.  积木; 塑料积木; 组成部分; 构成要素

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牛津词典

noun

• 积木；塑料积木
  a piece of wood or plastic used as a toy for children to build things with
• 组成部分；构成要素
  parts that are joined together in order to make a large thing exist
  1. Single words are the building blocks of language.
     单词是语言结构的基本单位。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 组成部分；构成材料
  If you describe something as abuilding blockof something, you mean it is one of the separate parts that combine to make that thing.
  1. ...molecules that are the building blocks of all life on earth.
     构成地球上所有生命的分子

英英释义

noun

• a block of material used in construction work
• a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
  1. units of nucleic acids
  Synonym:unit

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