文鎮 — meaning in English
bunchin
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English meaning
- brick noun A hard rectangular block of baked clay or similar material, used for building walls.
- paperweight noun A small heavy object placed on top of loose papers to stop them blowing away.
Senses
文鎮 is used for these senses in English:
- brick (computing, _, slang, figurative) An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
- paperweight A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
brick — full definition
- noun A hard rectangular block of baked clay or similar material, used for building walls.
- noun Slang: an electronic device that has stopped working entirely, especially after a failed update.
- noun Slang: a compact block-shaped unit of something, such as a kilogram of a drug or an external power adapter.
- verb To ruin an electronic device so badly that it becomes permanently unusable.
- verb To build or line something with bricks.
paperweight — full definition
- noun A small heavy object placed on top of loose papers to stop them blowing away.
- noun Informally, something so outdated or useless it is fit only to hold papers down.