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| /wɔːl/ |
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| 1 | an upright side of a room inside a building （房间的）墙，壁 |
| On the opposite wall hung a valuable old painting. 对面墙上挂着一幅珍贵的古画。 |
| She felt along the wall for the light switch. 她在墙壁上摸索着寻找电灯开关。 |
| | 1a | an upright outer surface of a building （建筑物的外层）墙壁 | | The walls of the factory had been covered with graffiti. 工厂的墙上尽是些乱涂乱画。 | |
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| 2 | a very tall strong structure that is built to defend a place or keep people inside a place , for example a prison , castle , or city （监狱、城堡或城市等的）围墙，城墙 |
| Several men escaped over the prison’ s perimeter wall yesterday. 昨天几个人越过监狱的围墙逃跑了。 |
| the walls of the city 城墙 |
| | 2a | an upright structure made of stone or brick that surrounds or divides someone’ s land or garden （用于隔开或围住土地或花园的）石墙，砖墙 | | Over the top of the garden wall, he watched his neighbours. 他越过花园墙头观察邻居。 | | Parts of the old brick walls had crumbled to the ground. 部分旧砖墙已经损坏，坍塌在地。 | |
| | 2b | a strong upright structure that protects an area from the sea or from flooding 防波堤；防洪堤 | | asea wall 海堤 | |
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| 3 | emotions or behaviour that prevent people from feeling close to each other （感情或行为的）障碍，隔阂 |
| The years had built a wall between the two families. 这些年两家已经有了隔阂。 |
| +of A wall of silence had grown up between them. 他们谁也不理谁了。 |
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| 4 | +of a large number of things that form an upright structure like a wall 堆得像墙一样的大量东西 |
| awall of books/boxes 堆成墙似的书/盒子 |
| | 4a | a large amount of something that has risen up high and makes it difficult for people to pass through 屏障 | | Awall of dark water approached their small boat. 一道深色的水墙逼近了他们的小船。 | | Firefighters battled the walls of flames. 消防员与一道道火墙搏斗。 | |
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| 5 | the side of something with an empty space inside , for example a box or pipe （盒子或管道等空心物的）内壁 |
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| 6 | the outer layer of a body part such as the stomach or chest （胃或胸腔等身体部位的）外壁 |
| inflammation of the bowel wall 肠壁的炎症 |
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| - | go to the wall BRITISH informal
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| to fail , especially when this involves losing all your business and money |
| 倒闭；破产 |
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| No-one was surprised when the company finally went to the wall. 公司最终倒闭了，没人感到吃惊。 |
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| - | go up the wall BRITISH informal
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| to get very angry |
| 非常生气 |
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| He’ ll go up the wall when he finds out. 如果他发现的话，会大发雷霆的。 |
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| - | hit a/the wall
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| to reach a point where you are physically or mentally unable to make progress or continue doing something |
| 陷入僵局；一筹莫展 |
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| - | if these walls could talk
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| used for saying that many interesting things have happened in a room or building , although you do not know all the details |
| 要是这些墙壁会说话就好了(用于表示房间或建筑物里发生了许多有趣的事情，只是不知道细节) |
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| - | like talking to a (brick) wall
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| used for saying that someone does not listen or react to you when you talk |
| 像对墙说话；白费口舌 |
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| I’ ve tried to tell her, but it’ s like talking to a brick wall. 我试过告诉她，但那是白费口舌。 |
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| - | run into/come up against/hit etc a (brick) wall
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| to reach a point in a process where there are problems that seem impossible to solve |
| 陷入僵局 |
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| - | these four walls
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| used for talking about the room that you are in |
| 这四面墙（用于谈论自己所在的房间） |
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| - | walls have ears informal
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| used for warning someone not to talk about something because other people may be listening |
| 隔墙有耳；说话要小心 |
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| See also | | - back 3 | | - drive 1 2a | | - off-the-wall | |
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