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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

  1. noun A hard rectangular block of baked clay or similar material, used for building walls.
  2. noun Slang: an electronic device that has stopped working entirely, especially after a failed update.
  3. noun Slang: a compact block-shaped unit of something, such as a kilogram of a drug or an external power adapter.
  4. verb To ruin an electronic device so badly that it becomes permanently unusable.
  5. verb To build or line something with bricks.

paperweight — full definition

  1. noun A small heavy object placed on top of loose papers to stop them blowing away.
  2. noun Informally, something so outdated or useless it is fit only to hold papers down.

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