wall

wall
noun

a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land
围墙
a garden wall.
花园围墙。
farmland traversed by drystone walls.
有干砌墙横穿的农田。
■a side of a building or room, typically forming part of the building's structure
墙，墙壁
■any high vertical surface or facade, especially one that is imposing in scale
（尤指宏大的）峭立面
the eastern wall of the valley.
峡谷东面的峭壁。
a wall of sound.
音壁。
■a thing perceived as a protective or restrictive barrier
屏障，壁垒
a wall of silence.
无声的墙。
■(Soccer)a line of defenders forming a barrier against a free kick taken near the penalty area
(英足)人墙
■short for climbing wall
climbing wall的简称
■(Mining)the rock enclosing a lode or seam
(矿)围住矿脉（或矿层）的岩石
■(Anatomy & Zoology)the membranous outer layer or lining of an organ or cavity
(剖，动)壁
the wall of the stomach.
胃壁。
■(Biology)
(生)。见cell wall
■(the Wall). short for Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall的简称
another term for wall brown
同wall brown

verb

[with obj.]enclose (an area) within walls, especially to protect it or lend it some privacy
用墙围住（一区域）
housing areas that are walled off from the indigenous population.
有墙与土著居民分隔开的住宅区。
■(wall something up)block or seal a place by building a wall around or across it
砌墙堵住
one doorway has been walled up.
一个门口已经用墙堵住。
■(wall someone/thing in/up)confine or imprison someone or something in a restricted or sealed place
把…关起来；禁闭
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。

常用词组
between you and me and the wall

见 bedpost

drive someone up the wall

(informal)make someone very irritated or angry
(非正式)使某人非常恼火

go to the wall
informal
非正式

(of a business) fail; go out of business
（生意）失败
support someone or something, no matter what the cost to oneself
（不计代价）支持
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。

hit the wall

(of an athlete) experience a sudden loss of energy in a long race
（长跑运动员）突然跑不动了

off the wall
(N. Amer. informal) (北美，非正式)

eccentric or unconventional
古怪的；不寻常的
(of a person) angry
（人）生气的
the president was off the wall about the article.
总统对那篇文章十分气愤。
(of an accusation) without basis or foundation
（指控）无根据的

walls have ears

(proverb)be careful what you say as people may be eavesdropping
(谚)隔墙有耳

wall-to-wall

(of a carpet or other floor covering) fitted to cover an entire floor
（地毯或其他铺地材料）铺满整个地板的
■(informal)denoting great extent or number
(非正式)广泛的；大量的
wall-to-wall customers.
众多消费者。

派生
wall-less
adjective
语源

Old English, from Latin vallum 'rampart', from vallus 'stake'

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