wall

[wɔ:l]

n.墙壁, 垣, 墙状物
v.围住, 隔开, 演戏般地转动(眼睛)

n.[C]

1. 墙, 壁; 围墙; 城墙

2. 墙状物; 障壁

3. (容器等的)壁, 内壁

The walls of the furnace are under repair.

炉壁正在修理。

vt.

1. 用墙围住(或分隔、防护)[(+in/off)]

The garden is walled.

这个园子有围墙。

2. 用墙堵塞(门、窗等)[(+up)]

The window was walled up years ago.

那扇窗户多年前就用墙堵塞了。

词形变化

形容词: wallless | 动词过去式: walled | 动词过去分词: walled | 动词现在分词: walling | 动词第三人称单数: walls |

词义辨析

同义:

n.墙壁, 隔板, 栅栏, 堤, 隔膜

partition  separator  divider  room divider  screen  division  fence  paling  stone wall  embankment  dike  levee  sea wall  wall  membrane  bulkhead  load-bearing wall  non-load-bearing wall  panel  barrier  parapet

n.防御工事, 堡垒

walls  fortification  protection  enclosure  barricade  bunker

n.障碍(物)

obstruction  barrier  block  impediment  obstacle  stop  stopper  

同义参见:

picket  

英英释义

名词 wall:

an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

同义词：rampart, bulwark

anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect

a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)

(anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure

同义词：paries

a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)

a layer of material that encloses space

a difficult or awkward situation

动词 wall:

surround with a wall in order to fortify

同义词：palisade, fence, fence in, surround

短语词组

wall off

1. 用墙把……隔开

This room is walled off from the rest of the house.

这个房间与屋里其他房间用墙隔开了。

walls have ears

1. 隔墙有耳

Walls have ears, you know.

要知道, 隔墙有耳。

drive/send up the wall

1. 使……大怒

You're driving him up the wall.

你把他给气坏了。

to the wall

1. 陷于绝境

He complained that the company was being driven to the wall by the workers' demands for higher wages.

他抱怨说工人们提出增加工资的要求把公司逼入了绝境。

补充

wallwall英:[wɔ:l] 美:[wɔl]n.1.墙, 壁, 围墙They glided along the wall until they were out of sight.他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。He fastened the calendar to a wall.他把日历挂在墙上。I should hate to be confined within the four walls of an office all day.我讨厌整天关在办公室里。vt. & vi.1.筑墙围住, 用墙隔开We're going to wall the garden.我们打算用墙把花园围起来。They walled off the large prison into lots of very small cells.他们把大监狱隔成很多小牢房。

例句

1. Kathryn leaned against the wall of the church.凯瑟琳倚靠在教堂的墙上。 2. There was a picture on the wall.墙上有一幅画。 3. The bedroom walls were painted pink.卧室的墙壁刷成了粉色。 4. He sat on the wall in the sun.他坐在墙上晒太阳。 5. He climbed over the garden wall.他翻过了花园围墙。 6. He ran his fingers along the inside walls of the box.他用手指划过盒子的内壁。 7. Water was dripping from the walls of the tunnel.水正从隧道的内壁上滴下来。 8. The church is just beyond the city walls.教堂就在城墙的那一边。 9. I was just hit by a wall of water.我刚撞上了一道水幕。 10. The police say they met the usual wall of silence.警方称他们像往常一样碰了壁, 问谁都不作声。 11. I appealed for help but felt I was always banging my head against a wall.我恳求帮助, 却觉得自己总是处处碰壁。 12. I wondered if I was banging my head against a brick wall.我不知道自己是不是在白费力气。 13. Sitting at home would only have had him climbing the walls with frustration.待在家里只会让他沮丧得抓狂。 14. The heat is driving me up the wall.天气热得快把我逼疯了。 15. Even quite big companies are going to the wall these days.如今, 甚至相当大的公司也会破产倒闭。 16. 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, 这使得工会陷入了困境。 17. She checked the wall clock.她对了对壁钟。 18. to wall a room with books用图书作墙围住的房间；在房间四壁设置图书 19. to wall a prisoner up把罪犯关起来 20. a garden wall.花园围墙。 21. farmland traversed by drystone walls.有干砌墙横穿的农田。 22. the eastern wall of the valley.峡谷东面的峭壁。 23. a wall of sound.音壁。 24. a wall of silence.无声的墙。 25. the wall of the stomach.胃壁。 26. housing areas that are walled off from the indigenous population.有墙与土著居民分隔开的住宅区。 27. one doorway has been walled up.一个门口已经用墙堵住。 28. the grey tenements walled in the space completely.那些灰色的房屋把那空地完全围起来了。 29. the tendency for poets to go to the wall for their beliefs.诗人们为了他们的信仰而不惜一切代价的倾向。 30. the president was off the wall about the article.总统对那篇文章十分气愤。 31. wall-to-wall customers.众多消费者。 32. There is a high wall all around the prison.监狱四周都有高墙。 33. That noise is driving me up the wall.那噪音快把我给逼疯了。 34. A stone wall marks off their property.一面石墙圈出了他们的房产。 35. the Great wall of China中国长城 36. the walls of the ancient city古城城墙 37. The wave was like a wall of water.波浪就像是一道水幕。 38. The police formed a human wall around him.警方在他身边围起了一道人墙。 39. His suggestion was met with a wall of silence. [=was met with complete silence]他的建议无人响应。 40. a wall of sound声墙 41. He built an emotional wall [=barrier] around himself.他为自己建起了一道感情屏障。 42. She hung posters on the walls of her room.她把海报都挂在了自己房间的墙上。 43. "This apartment building has thin walls, and you can hear everything your neighbors say."这个公寓楼的墙很薄，邻居说什么你都能听见。 44. A lot has happened inside these four walls. [=inside this room]在这个房间里发生过太多的事。 45. Lower your voice and be careful what you say. The walls have ears. [=other people could be listening to what you say]把声音放低，说话要小心。隔墙有耳。 46. plant cell walls植物细胞壁 47. Muscles in the abdominal wall help protect organs.腹壁肌肉可以帮助保护器官。 48. Your constant tapping is driving me up the wall!你不停地敲来敲去真把我烦死了！ 49. Her voice drives me up a wall. [=her voice is very annoying to me]她的声音让我抓狂。 50. He's prepared to go to the wall to defend his beliefs.他已做好准备尽全力捍卫自己的信仰。 51. a company that has gone to the wall破产的公司 52. He worked late every day and took frequent business trips for several years before he finally hit the wall.他每天都工作到很晚，几年来又经常出差，直到最后他撑不下去了。 53. They seem to have hit the wall in terms of new ideas.他们这些新想法看起来是进行不下去了。 54. Her tennis career hit a wall after the injury.受伤后，她的网球生涯便走到头了。 55. "I haven't lost my job yet, but the writing is on the wall: my company just laid off 50 more people today."我目前还没失业，不过也快了：公司今天刚刚又解雇了50名员工。 56. "No one told him he was going to be fired, but he could see the writing on the wall."没有人跟他说他将被解雇，但他能看出一点儿苗头。 57. The team was up against a wall in the first half of the game.这支队在上半场比赛中就陷入了困境。 58. The school grounds are walled in.学校操场四周围有围墙。 59. They walled the garden in with rows of thick shrubs.他们用一排排茂密的灌木丛围住了花园。 60. The school walled off the playground from the parking lot.学校用墙把操场和停车场隔开了。 61. They walled up the doorway of the abandoned house.他们把那个废弃房子的门口封上了。 62. He was walled up in the tower. [=was locked inside the tower]他被关在塔里。