英语词汇wall怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

wall

wɔːl  wɔl 

Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense , plural walls, present participle walling, past tense , past participle walled

1 N-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。

2 N-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。

3 N-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。

4 N-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。

5 N-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.

尽管精神分裂症患者为数众多，但多年来这种病一直被捂着掩着。

SYN barrier, obstacle, barricade, obstruction

6 See also: cavity wall dry-stone wall fly-on-the-wall hole-in-the-wall off-the-wall retaining wall sea wall stonewall wall-to-wall

7 PHRASE [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。

8 PHRASE 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。

9 PHRASE [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。

10 PHRASE 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。

11 PHRASE 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

12 fly on the wall→see: fly the writing is on the wall→see: writing

Phrasal verbs:

wall inwall offwall up

Word Partnership

Word Partnership	Use wall with:
PREP.	against a wall, along a wall, behind a wall, near a wall, on a wall 1 2
N.	back to the wall, brick wall, concrete wall, glass wall, stone wall 1 2
VERB.	build a wall, climb a wall, lean against/on a wall 1 2

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