| 词汇 | red-brick |
| 释义 | red-brick adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈred.brɪk/ us /ˈred.brɪk/ red-brickadjective[before noun] (BUILDING)made with red-coloured bricks: The city is characterized by its fine red-brick buildings. The family lived in a large red-brick house. The hospital is an old red-brick building in a dilapidated part of town. Building materials acoustic tile adobe agglomerate airbrick asphalt decking drywall fibro fixing flagged oakum particle board paving prestressed putty two-by-four unreinforced wattle wattle and daub weatherboarding red-brickadjective[before noun] (UNIVERSITY)UK A red-brick university is one of the British universities, especially the universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, and Sheffield, that were built in the late 19th or early 20th centuries in a city, not an older university such as Oxford or Cambridge or a newer one such as East Anglia or York: red-brick universityBen chose to go to a red-brick university.本选择上一所红砖大学。 Compare OxbridgenounUK University & college education academe academia anti-university beadle business school go up grad graduate hall Oxbridge Oxon Panhellenic pass degree poly the groves of academeidiom university unselective vice chancellor warden wardenship Examples of red-brickred-brick The 'red-brick' universities are civic universities established in the nineteenth century. I went to one of the greener of the red-brick universities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There might be something to say for the red-brick universities, which seem more appropriate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sometimes there is a danger that we underrate the enormous contribution of the civic, or "red-brick", universities to our university system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The red-brick cottages feature hexagonal latticed windows, ornate timber gabling and a prominent central chimney stack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Long, red-brick and with a tall tower topped by a red-brick spire, the church is a prominent local landmark. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The red-brick building with stepped gables, round-arched windows and a tower reaching 30 m (98 ft) in height resembles a medieval castle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The surrounding buildings fit in quite harmoniously with their red-brick faades or red clinker dressing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The red-brick church is capped with a tent-like roof that rises to a height of 67 metres. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The legacy of the town's industrial past remains visible in its landscape of red-brick cotton mills, now used as warehouses or distribution centres. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It will be a three-story, multi-winged, red-brick facility, will have 3,765 parking spaces and more than 4,000 employees, both military and civilian. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The hospital was subsequently rebuilt in 1900 in distinctive red-brick. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The distinctive red-brick faade of the old building is in one of the two gardens. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It has red-brick walls with ornate mouldings, timber-framed gables and original sash windows. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Its red-brick exterior consists of bayed and multi-gabled facades interspersed with numerous window shapes and sizes, and numerous fireplaces. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of red-brick These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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