āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
block off
/blËÉk ËÉf/
to block off
[phrase form: block]
01
āĻ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to prevent entry or access by placing a barrier
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Please block off the entrance with caution tape.
āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻā§āĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to become closed or restricted
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
An accident on the highway blocked off traffic for hours.
āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to prevent or interrupt communication completely
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The school 's IT department blocked off inappropriate websites on the computers.
āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻ¸āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to reserve a specific time, space, or item for a particular purpose
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They needed to block off the conference room for the client presentation.
āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ¨āĻĢāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ āĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
