| 单词 | wall of partition |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswall of partition 5. figurative. Something which is a barrier or impediment to intellectual, moral, spiritual, or social union or intercourse; also more definitely wall of partition. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > to spiritual or social union or intercourse walla1240 curtain1945 a1240 Ureisun in Old Eng. Hom. I. 187 Mine sunnen beoþ wal bi-tweone me & þe. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 117 And ȝet ȝe habbeð þet ilke blod. & tet ilke blisfule bodi..niht & dei bi ou nis ðer buten awal bitweonen. ?a1500 Chester Pl., Fall Lucifer 153 Alas! that pride is the wall of lewtye. 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 27/4 To attempt sic proude misordour sall..big vp ane wal betuix vs and ȝou in religioun. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xii. 273 Every wall of partition..it throws down. 1843 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 17 A wall of tradition, which may not be broken through. 1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 104 Walls of ancient, harsh partition 'Twixt the people, and the crown. 1900 R. St. Barbe In Mod. Spain 16 He..barricades himself behind an unassailable wall of self-sufficiency. < as lemmas |
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