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Wall I N Count 可数名词 Phrase 短语 Inflects   [V

英语单词 wall
英美音标 英 [wɔːl] 美 [wɔːl]
中文释义 n.墙壁;垣;墙状物
v.围住;隔开;演戏般地转动(眼睛)
英语例句 (1) The picture on the wall is crooked.
(2) The castle walls are very thick.
(3) I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled.
(4) We are going to wall the garden.
(5) I think I might wall off the living room so that we have a separate place to eat.
(6) I shall wall in and fence out until I really taste the sweets of property.
中文例句 (1) 挂在墙壁上的画是歪的。
(2) 城堡的墙很厚。
(3) 我必撤去篱笆,使它被吞灭,拆毁墙垣,使它被践踏。
(4) 我们将要用围墙把花园围起来。
(5) 我想,我可以砌一堵墙把客厅隔开,好有个单独吃饭的地方。
(6) 我要在园林周围砌起墙,旁边再用栅栏隔开,直到我真正尝到了产业的甜头。
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]墙;墙壁 A wall is one of the vertical sides of a building or room.
  • Kathryn leaned against the wall of the church...

    凯瑟琳倚靠在教堂的墙上。

  • The bedroom walls would be painted light blue...

    卧室的墙壁会被漆成浅蓝色。

  • She checked the wall clock.

    她对了对墙上的钟。

-walled
  • ...a glass-walled elevator...

    玻璃壁电梯

  • Our bedroom was white-walled with yellow silk curtains.

    我们的卧室墙壁是白色,挂着黄色的丝绸窗帘。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](石或砖砌成的)围墙,隔墙 A wall is a long narrow vertical structure made of stone or brick that surrounds or divides an area of land.
  • He sat on the wall in the sun...

    他坐在墙上晒太阳。

  • The well is surrounded by a wall only 12 inches high.

    井台只有12英寸高。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](中空物体的)壁,内壁 The wall of something that is hollow is its side.
  [with supp]
  • He ran his fingers along the inside walls of the box.

    他用手指摸了摸盒子的内壁。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]屏障;堆成墙的大量物品 A wall of something is a large amount of it forming a high vertical barrier.
  [with supp]
  • She gazed at the wall of books...

    她目不转睛地盯着书墙。

  • I was just hit by a wall of water.

    我刚撞上了一堵水墙。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]障碍;隔阂;壁垒 You can describe something as a wall of a particular kind when it acts as a barrier and prevents people from understanding something.
  [with supp]
  • The police say they met the usual wall of silence...

    警方称他们像往常一样碰了壁,没人吭气。

  • Despite its prevalence, schizophrenia has existed behind a wall of secrecy for years.

    尽管精神分裂症患者为数众多,但多年来这种病一直被捂着掩着。

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See also:
cavity wall
dry-stone wall
fly-on-the-wall
hole-in-the-wall
off-the-wall
retaining wall
sea wall
stonewall
wall-to-wall
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    [PHRASE 短语]碰壁;徒劳 If you say that you are banging your head against a wall, you are emphasizing that you are frustrated because someone is stopping you from making progress in something.
      [V inflects]
      [emphasis]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • I appealed for help but felt I was always banging my head against a wall...

      我寻求帮助,却发现自己处处碰壁。

    • I wondered if I was banging my head against a brick wall.

      我怀疑自己是不是在把鸡蛋往石头上碰,徒劳无益。

    8
    [PHRASE 短语]处于困境(或绝境);走投无路 If you have your back to the wall, you are in a very difficult situation and can see no way out of it.
      [back inflects]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • Their threat to hire replacement workers has the union with its back to the wall.

      他们威胁说要雇用替工,这使工会陷入了困境。

    9
    [PHRASE 短语](感到)十分沮丧(或紧张、焦虑) If you say that you are climbing the walls, you are emphasizing that you feel very frustrated, nervous, or anxious.
      [V inflects]
      [emphasis]
    • Sitting at home would only have had him climbing the walls with frustration.

      呆在家里只会让他沮丧得抓狂。

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    [PHRASE 短语]把…逼得发疯;逼得…受不了 If you say that something or someone is driving you up the wall, you are emphasizing that they annoy and irritate you.
      [V inflects]
      [emphasis]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • The heat is driving me up the wall...

      炎热快把我逼疯了。

    • I sang in the bath and drove my parents up the wall.

      我在浴室里唱歌,我父母快受不了了。

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    [PHRASE 短语]破产;(生意)失败 If a person or company goes to the wall, they lose all their money and their business fails.
      [V inflects]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • Even quite big companies are going to the wall these days.

      现如今甚至有些大公司也濒临破产。

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    fly on the wall→see:
    fly
    ; the writing is on the wall→see:
    writing
      相关词组:
      wall in
      wall off
      wall up

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