| 释义 |
wall¹ /wɔːl/ n. | a. | vt. | phr.
I n.
1. 墙，壁；围墙
a blank wall 无窗(或无门)墙
paper a bedroom wall 用纸糊卧室的墙壁
Our garden is surrounded by a stone wall. 我们的花园由一堵石墙围着。
The museum still has too little connection with the world outside its walls. 这家博物馆与外界的接触仍然极少。
2. (容器等的)壁，内壁；【解】壁
the wall of a container 容器壁
repair the walls of a furnace 修理炉壁
the walls of a blood vessel 血管壁
3. 城墙
the city wall of London 伦敦的城墙
the Great Wall of China 中国的长城
4. 堤坝
5. (路的)沿墙，靠墙的一边
6. 屏障；隔阂
a mountain wall 山屏
a wall of fire 一道火墙
a wall of prejudice 偏见的隔阂
The soldiers kept their ranks a solid wall. 士兵队伍固若铜墙。
a tariff wall 关税壁垒
run into a political wall 遇上政治阻力
7. 【体】(登山中的)陡坡；(冲浪运动中的)陡浪
8. [walls]壁垒
9. [the W-]= Berlin Wall
10. [the W-]哭墙(耶路撒冷城内所罗门神殿西墙的残壁)
11. 【足】人墙
II a.
墙的；沿墙的；爬墙的；靠墙的；墙上的
a wall cabinet 壁橱
a wall clock 挂钟
wall plants 爬墙植物
III vt.
1. 给…建墙；用墙(或墙似的东西)围住(或分隔、防护、堵塞等)
wall in a garden 用墙把花园围住
wall off a house from the road 用墙把房子同公路隔开
wall off half a house to make two apartments 用墙把房子隔成两个同样大小的套间
wall an unused entrance 用墙堵死不使用的入口
wall up an opening(a window,a crevice) 砌墙堵洞(窗户，裂缝)
wall a room with books 在房间里堆书成墙
a lake walled in by peaks 群山环绕的湖泊
a mind walled in by fears 被恐惧攫住的心
He is walled in by lack of opportunity. 机会总是与他无缘。
wall off one's world from the rest of human society 与人世隔绝
Tall trees wall the broad avenue. 高大的树木大墙似地排列在宽阔的林荫道旁。
wall out the noise of the city 隔绝城市噪声
2. 把…关起来；禁闭
Let's wall the prisoner (up) in the castle. 咱们把这个犯人关在城堡里吧。
a complete invalid walled up for years in his bed 多年卧床不起完全丧失健康的人
[< OE weall rampart < L vallum palisade < vallus stake¹] phr. bang (或 beat,bash) one's head against a (brick) wall 见 head
be bouncing off the walls 〈美口〉心情激动不安
drive sb.up the wall 逼得某人发疯；逼得某人受不了
drive to the wall 逼…至绝境，使…走投无路
His creditors drove the bankrupt man to the wall. 债权人逼得那个破产者走投无路。
Being driven to the wall, he complied. 他被逼得没有办法，只好照办。
give sb.the wall 把好走的路让给某人
go over the wall 〈俚〉越狱逃跑
go to the wall 〈口〉
1. (倾轧中因实力薄弱)被迫让步；失败，败北；让位
They are both in love with her,and one must go to the wall. 他俩都爱她，势必有一人要让出来。
Where political interests interfered family arrangements went to the wall. 与政治利益相悖时家庭安排就得让位。
2. 生意失败，破产；垮台
The firm will soon go to the wall. 该公司马上就要破产了。
Since the war,several magazines have gone to the wall. 自战争开始以来，已有几家杂志停刊了。
hang by the wall 被搁置不用，被打入冷宫
jump (或 leap) over the wall 脱离教会，离开神职，还俗
Many religious have jumped over the wall. 许多出家人还俗了。
off the wall〈美俚〉
1. 非正统的；本能的；即兴的
2. 生气的
push to the wall = drive to the wall
take the wall of 不肯把好走的路让给(某人)
up against a (blank,stone,brick) wall 面临不可逾越的障碍；陷入绝境
up against the wall 陷入困境，碰壁
High costs have finally driven a number of universities up against the wall. 昂贵的费用最终把一些大学推上绝境。
up the wall 愤怒的；疯狂的
Walls have ears. 〈谚〉隔墙有耳。 |