wall
n
1
(a) continuous upright solid structure of stone, brick, concrete, etc used to enclose, divide or protect sth (eg an area of land) 圍墻; 城墻
The old town on the hill had a wall right round it. 小山上的古城四周有城墻.
The fields were divided by stone walls. 這片地都有石墻相隔.
The fruit trees grew against the garden wall. 那些果樹都長在花園的墻邊.
(b) one of the vertical sides of a building or room 墻壁
The castle walls were very thick. 那座城堡的墻很厚.
Hang the picture on the wall opposite the window. 把畫掛在窗戶對面的墻上.
[attrib 作定語]
a wall light 壁燈. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1插圖, page vi.
2 (fig 比喻) thing similar to a wall in its appearance or effect (樣子或作用)似墻之物
The mountain rose up in a steep wall of rock. 這座山高而陡, 形成一道巖石屏障.
The investigators were confronted by a wall of silence. 調(diào)查人員碰了壁, 誰也不回答他們的問題.
The tidal wave formed a terrifying wall of water. 海嘯形成一堵駭人的水墻.
3 outer layer of a hollow structure, esp an organ or a cell of an animal or a plant 外壁(尤指動植物器官或細胞的)
the abdominal wall 腹腔壁
the wall of an artery, a blood-vessel, etc 動脈、 血管等的壁.
4 (idm 習語) bang, etc one's head against a brick wall => head1. a fly on the wall => fly1. have one's back to the wall => back1. a hole in the wall => hole. to the `wall to a difficult or desperate situation 陷於困境或絕境
Several firms have gone to the wall (ie been ruined) recently. 最近有幾家公司倒閉了.
drive/push sb to the wall, ie defeat him 逼得某人走投無路. up the `wall (infml 口) furious or crazy 憤怒; 發(fā)狂
That noise is driving/sending me up the wall. 這種噪聲快要把我逼瘋了.
I'll go up the wall if it doesn't stop soon. 要是不趕快停下來就要把我氣死了. ,walls have `ears (saying 諺) beware of eavesdroppers 隔墻有耳
Be careful what you say; even the walls have ears! 說話要小心, 隔墻有耳啊! the writing on the wall => writing. wall, v
1 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被動語態(tài)]
surround (sth) with a wall or walls 用墻圍住(某物)
a walled city, garden, town 有圍墻的城市、 花園、 小鎮(zhèn).
2 (phr v) wall sth in/off separate (and enclose) sth with a wall 用墻隔開(并圍住)某物
Part of the yard had been walled off. 院子有一部分用墻隔開了. wall sth up block up sth with a wall or bricks 用墻或磚堵住某物
a walled-up door, fireplace, passage 用磚堵住的門、 壁爐、 通道.
?? 擴展釋義
*[w?:l]n. 墻, 墻壁, 垣, 內(nèi)壁, 分界物, 屏障a. 墻的vt. 給...建墻, 禁閉, 用墻圍住【計】 背景墻【醫(yī)】 壁相關詞組: drive sb to the wall give sb the wall go over the wall go to the wall run into a blank wall band one's head against a brick wall run one's head against a brick wall see through a brick wall take the wall of sb up against the wall on the wall with one's back to the wall