| 释义 |
Noun: wall wol- An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
"the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures" - Anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect
"a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall" - (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
"stomach walls"
- paries - A difficult or awkward situation
"his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall" - A vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
- A layer of material that encloses space
"the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue" - A masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)
"the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited" - An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
"they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
- rampart, bulwark
Verb: wall wol- Surround with a wall in order to fortify
- palisade, fence, fence in, surround
Derived forms: walled, walls, walling See also: mural, wall in Type of: bed, difficulty, divider, embankment, fence, fencing, formation, geological formation, layer, object, partition, physical object, protect, stratum Part of: building, cave, edifice, fortification, hall, hallway, munition, room Encyclopedia: Wall, Northumberland Wall, PA Wall, New Jersey Wall Wall, NJ Wall, Pennsylvania Wall, Texas Wall, Venerable John Wall, Staffordshire Wall, SD Wall, South Dakota |