Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, plural walls, present participle walling, past tense, past participle walled
1N-COUNT 墙;墙壁 A wall is one of the vertical sides of a building or room. 墙;墙壁
Kathryn leaned against the wall of the church. [+ of]
凯瑟琳倚靠在教堂的墙上。
The bedroom walls would be painted light blue.
卧室的墙壁会被漆成浅蓝色。
She checked the wall clock.
她对了对墙上的钟。
-walled
...a glass-walled elevator.
玻璃壁电梯
Our bedroom was white-walled with yellow silk curtains.
我们的卧室墙壁是白色,挂着黄色的丝绸窗帘。
2N-COUNT (石或砖砌成的)围墙,隔墙 A wall is a long narrow vertical structure made of stone or brick that surrounds or divides an area of land. (石或砖砌成的)围墙,隔墙
He sat on the wall in the sun.
他坐在墙上晒太阳。
The well is surrounded by a wall only 12 inches high.
井台只有12英寸高。
3N-COUNT (中空物体的)壁,内壁 The wall of something that is hollow is its side. (中空物体的)壁,内壁
He ran his fingers along the inside walls of the box. [+ of]
他用手指摸了摸盒子的内壁。
4N-COUNT 屏障;堆成墙的大量物品 A wall of something is a large amount of it forming a high vertical barrier. 屏障;堆成墙的大量物品
She gazed at the wall of books. [+ of]
她目不转睛地盯着书墙。
I was just hit by a wall of water. [+ of]
我刚撞上了一堵水墙。
5N-COUNT 障碍;隔阂;壁垒 You can describe something as a wall of a particular kind when it acts as a barrier and prevents people from understanding something. 障碍;隔阂;壁垒
The police say they met the usual wall of silence. [+ of]
警方称他们像往常一样碰了壁,没人吭气。
Despite its prevalence, schizophrenia has existed behind a wall of secrecy for years.
7PHRASE [usually cont]碰壁;徒劳 If you say that you are banging your head against a wall, you are emphasizing that you are frustrated because someone is stopping you from making progress in something. 碰壁;徒劳 [informal, emphasis]
I appealed for help but felt I was always banging my head against a wall.
我寻求帮助,却发现自己处处碰壁。
I wondered if I was banging my head against a brick wall.
我怀疑自己是不是在把鸡蛋往石头上碰,徒劳无益。
8PHRASE 处于困境(或绝境);走投无路 If you have your back to the wall, you are in a very difficult situation and can see no way out of it. 处于困境(或绝境);走投无路 [informal]
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,这使工会陷入了困境。
9PHRASE [VERB inflects, usually cont](感到)十分沮丧(或紧张、焦虑) If you say that you are climbing the walls, you are emphasizing that you feel very frustrated, nervous, or anxious. (感到)十分沮丧(或紧张、焦虑) [emphasis]
Sitting at home would only have had him climbing the walls with frustration.
呆在家里只会让他沮丧得抓狂。
10PHRASE 把…逼得发疯;逼得…受不了 If you say that something or someone is driving you up the wall, you are emphasizing that they annoy and irritate you. 把…逼得发疯;逼得…受不了 [informal, emphasis]
The heat is driving me up the wall.
炎热快把我逼疯了。
I sang in the bath and drove my parents up the wall.
我在浴室里唱歌,我父母快受不了了。
11PHRASE 破产;(生意)失败 If a person or company goes to the wall, they lose all their money and their business fails. 破产;(生意)失败 [informal]
Even quite big companies are going to the wall these days.
现如今甚至有些大公司也濒临破产。
SYN fail, close down, go under, go out of business
12fly on the wall→see: fly the writing is on the wall→see: writing
ADJECTIVE | VERB + WALL | WALL + VERB | WALL + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤high, low高牆;矮牆▸➤long, short長牆;短牆▸➤thick, thin厚牆;薄牆▸➤massive厚實的牆▸➤back, front, side後牆;前牆;邊牆▸➤bare, blank光禿禿的牆;空白的牆◇to stare at a blank wall盯着空空的牆壁➤exterior, external, outer, outside外牆▸➤inner, inside, interior, internal裏牆;內牆▸➤adjoining鄰牆➤far, opposite遠處的牆;對面的牆◇A large window ran along the far wall.一扇巨大的窗戶沿着遠處的牆壁延伸。➤dividing, partition, party (BrE) 隔斷牆;隔牆;界牆▸➤boundary, perimeter邊界牆;圍牆➤curtain幕牆▸➤load-bearing承重牆◇If a load-bearing wall is weakened, the building could fall down.如果承重牆堅固度降低的話,建築就可能倒塌。➤retaining擋土牆◇They built a retaining wall around the pond.他們圍着池塘建了一圈擋土牆。➤panelled/paneled鑲有嵌板的牆▸➤bathroom, kitchen, etc.浴室、廚房等的牆▸➤brick, concrete, masonry, stone, etc.磚牆、混凝土牆、磚石牆、石頭牆等➤castle, cave, city, garden, prison, etc.城堡圍牆、洞壁、城牆、花園圍牆、監獄圍牆等➤harbour/harbor, sea港口防波堤;海堤➤cell, vessel (bothbiology生物) 細胞壁;血管壁VERB + WALL➤build, erect, put up建造牆;築牆▸➤demolish, destroy, pull down拆除牆壁;摧毀牆壁▸➤climb, climb over, scale爬牆;攀牆◇The burglars must have scaled the side wall.這些入室竊賊一定是攀越邊牆進來的。➤lean against靠着牆▸➤jump over翻牆而過➤stare at盯着牆看◇She just sat there, staring at the wall.她就坐在那兒盯着牆看。➤adorn, decorate裝飾牆➤be attached to, hang on貼在/掛在牆上▸➤cover, line, paint, paper, plaster覆蓋牆壁;沿牆排列;油漆牆壁;貼牆紙;在牆上抹灰泥◇She covered her walls with pictures of movie stars.她用電影明星的圖片貼滿了牆壁。➤face面朝牆◇She turned and faced the wall.她轉過身面對着牆。WALL + VERB➤stand牆立着➤collapse, fall, fall down牆塌;牆倒▸➤enclose sth, surround sth牆圍繞着某物;牆包圍着某物➤separate sth牆隔離了某物◇There was a wall separating the two garages.一堵牆將兩個車庫隔開了。➤face sth牆對着某物◇the wall facing the door對着門的牆壁WALL + NOUN➤clock, light掛鐘;壁燈➤plug, socket牆上的插座▸➤unit組合壁櫥➤safe嵌式保險櫃▸➤art, covering, decoration, hanging, painting, panel, tile牆體藝術;牆面裝修材料;牆壁裝飾;牆帷;壁畫;護牆板;牆面磚➤space牆面PREPOSITION➤against a/the wall靠着牆◇She leaned against the wall.她斜靠着牆。➤behind a/the wall在牆後面◇Nobody can see behind the wall.沒人能看到這面牆的後面。➤on a/the wall在牆上◇She hung the photos on the wall.她把照片掛在牆上。➤wall along沿着⋯的牆◇the wall along the seafront沿着海岸的防波堤➤wall around, wall round (especially BrE) 環繞⋯的牆◇high walls around the prison監獄周圍的高牆➤wall of (figurative) 似牆的⋯◇a solid wall of fog似牆的濃霧
wall ♦︎ fence ♦︎ railing ♦︎ screen ♦︎ partitionThese are all words for structures that separate one space from another.这些词均表示隔断、围墙。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a high / low wall / fence◆an internal wall / partition◆a perimeter wall / fence◆(a) metal / wooden fence / railings / screen / partition◆a glass screen / partition◆to erect a wall / a fence / railings / a screen / a partition◆to put up a wall / fence / screen / partition◆to build a wall / fence■wall [countable] a long, upright solid structure, made of stone, brick or concrete, that surrounds, divides or protects an area of land; any of the upright sides of a building or room城墙;围墙;墙壁◆a stone / brick wall石墙;砖墙◆He sat on the wall and watched the others playing.他坐在墙上看其他人玩儿。◆Hang the picture on the wall(= attach it to the wall) opposite the window.把画挂在窗户对面墙上吧。■fence [countable] a structure made of wood or wire supported by posts that surrounds, divides or protects an area of land, for example to mark the limits of an area, to keep animals in or to keep people and animals out栅栏;围栏◆Security guards with dogs patrolled the perimeter fence.带着警犬的保安在栅栏外围巡逻。 see also fence sth off ⇨ separate2■railing [countable, usually plural] a fence made of upright metal bars; one of these bars金属围栏;金属栏杆◆I chained my bike to the park railings.我用链子把自行车锁在公园的围栏上了。■screen [countable] an upright piece of furniture or equipment that is fixed or that can be moved to divide a room or to keep one area hidden or separate屏风;隔板;帘◆The nurse put a screen around the bed.护士绕床拉了一道帘子。■partitionpɑːˈtɪʃn; NAmEpɑːrˈtɪʃn [countable] a wall or screen that separates one part of a room from another隔断;隔扇;隔板墙◆The family had to smash through a glass partition to escape the fire.这家人只好打碎玻璃隔板逃离了火场。 see also partition ⇨ separate2