| 释义 |
wallHwC:l, $wB:ln [C]a vertical structure, often made of stone or brick, that divides or encloses something墙，壁;围墙The walls in this apartment are so thin you can hear just about every word the neighbours say.这公寓的墙壁很薄，隔壁邻居说的话句句都可以听得到。The walls look a bit bare--can't we put some pictures up?墙上太光秃秃了，我们是不是该贴几张画？We had to climb over a ten-foot wall.我们只得从一堵10英尺高的墙头爬过去。There's a wall around the old part of the town.该镇的老区有一堵围墙。The Berlin Wall came down in 1989.柏林墙1989年推倒了。I bought a couple of beautiful wall hangings for the living room.我买了两幅挂在起居室的漂亮的壁毯。In the body a wall is any outer part of a hollow structure.壁the wall of the womb/stomach子宫/胃壁an artery wall动脉壁A wall of people or things can also be a mass of them formed in such a way that you cannot get through or past them.人墙，隔离墙The demonstrators formed a solid wall to stop the police from getting past them.示威者围成了一道结实的人墙，阻止警察通过。I had to make my way through a wall of men to get to the bar!我不得不穿过人墙才走到酒吧。(fig.) A wall of silence surrounded the Defence Ministry prior to the attack (= they refused to say anything).进攻之前，国防部保持缄默。If a company goes to the wall it is destroyed financially.(公司)生意失败，破产，垮台After nine months of massive losses the company finally went to the wall.经历了九个月的巨额亏损，这家公司最终破产。Something which is off the wall is surprising and unusual.惊人的，非同一般的an off-the-wall joke离奇的玩笑off-the-wall leisure pursuits.非同一般的休闲消遣Up the wall means extremely angry.狂怒的My flat-mate is driving me up the wall at the moment.当时我的室友惹得我愤怒不已。"What did David say about your bumping his car?" "He went up the wall!"“你撞了他的车戴维怎么说？”“他气得暴跳如雷。”It's a typically suburban house with a three-piece suite and wall-to-wall carpets (= ones which cover the whole floor).那是典型的郊区房子，有三件套沙发，地面全铺了地毯。Something might also be described as wall-to-wall if it is continuous or if it is happening everywhere around you.无处不在的，到处都有的I went away to college thinking it would be wall-to-wall parties and all the freedom I wanted.我离家去上大学，以为那儿到处是聚会，遍地是我要的自由。Not all our viewers are happy with the wall-to-wall coverage of this world-famous tennis tournament.并非所有的观众都对这次世界著名网球公开赛的铺天盖地的报道表示满意。Wall Street is a street in New York which represents the financial centre of the US.华尔街On Wall Street today the Dow Jones rose ten points following good economic figures.经济数据良好，今天华尔街的道·琼斯指数上升了10点。(saying)'Walls have ears' means it is not safe to speak now because other people might be listening. 隔墙有耳
|