| 单词 | wall |
| 释义 | noun | verb wallwall1 /wɔl/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 1IN A BUILDING one of the sides of a room or building: The kitchen walls are white. The walls of the old building were crumbling. I looked at the clock on the wall. Johnnie leaned against the wall and listened.2AROUND AN AREA an upright structure with flat sides that is made of stone, brick, etc., that divides one area from another: A brick wall surrounds the building.3TUBE/CONTAINER the side of something hollow, such as a pipe or tube: The embryo implants in the wall of the uterus.4a wall of fire/flames/water etc. a tall mass of something such as fire or water, that prevents anything getting through5a wall of silence/secrecy a situation in which no one will tell you what you want to know: The police investigation was met with a wall of silence.6push/drive/send somebody to the wall informal to put someone into a difficult situation from which he or she cannot escape without doing what you want7go to the wall informal if someone goes to the wall for someone else or to do something, he or she does everything that is possible to help someone or to achieve something8these four walls spoken the room that you are in, especially considered as a private place: Please don’t repeat this outside these four walls.9if these walls could talk... spoken used to say that a lot of interesting things have happened in a building or room in the past, which it would be interesting to know more about10the walls have ears used to warn people to be careful what they say, because other people, especially enemies, could be listening11hit a/the wall informal if someone hits the wall, he or she reaches a point of being very physically tired when doing a sport and unable to continue easily[Origin: Old English weall] → see also have your back to the wall at back2 (14), bang your head against/on a (brick) wall at bang1 (5), be climbing the walls at climb1 (10), drive somebody up the wall at drive1 (10), the handwriting is on the wall at handwriting (2), hit a brick wall at hit1 (29), nail somebody to the wall/cross at nail2 (4), off-the-wall, something is like talking to a brick wall at talk1 (19) noun | verb wallwall2 verb wall something ↔ in phrasal verb1to surround an open area with walls2be walled in (by something) surrounded by something and unable to move around freelywall off phrasal verb1wall something ↔ off to keep one area or room separate from another, by building a wall: The back half of the museum was walled off for renovation.2wall somebody/something ↔ off to completely separate someone or something from someone or something else: The child began to wall himself off from family and friends.wall up phrasal verb1wall something ↔ up to fill in a doorway, window, etc. with bricks or stone2wall somebody ↔ up to keep someone as a prisoner in a room or building |
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