| 单词 | wall |
| 释义 | wall¹ 1.+of building墙 Kathryn leaned against the wall of the church.凯瑟琳倚靠在教堂的墙上。 There was a picture on the wall.墙上有一幅画。 bedroom wall卧室墙壁 The bedroom walls were painted pink.卧室的墙壁刷成了粉色。 2.(free-standing)围墙；隔墙 He sat on the wall in the sun.他坐在墙上晒太阳。 garden wall花园围墙 He climbed over the garden wall.他翻过了花园围墙。 3.(side of hollow object)(中空物体的)壁 He ran his fingers along the inside walls of the box.他用手指划过盒子的内壁。 4.+of tunnel, cave内壁 Water was dripping from the walls of the tunnel.水正从隧道的内壁上滴下来。 5.(for defensive purposes)防御墙 city wall城墙 The church is just beyond the city walls.教堂就在城墙的那一边。 6.【解剖】<非术语>+of organ, stomach, cell, artery壁 7.【体登山】(rock face)岩壁 8.(large amount of something forming high barrier)墙状物 I was just hit by a wall of water.我刚撞上了一道水幕。 9.(something that prevents understanding)壁垒；障碍 The police say they met the usual wall of silence.警方称他们像往常一样碰了壁, 问谁都不作声。 See alsooff-the-wall idiom ◆to bang your head against a wallorto bang your head against a brick wall<非正式>碰壁；徒劳 I appealed for help but felt I was always banging my head against a wall.我恳求帮助, 却觉得自己总是处处碰壁。 I wondered if I was banging my head against a brick wall.我不知道自己是不是在白费力气。 ◆to be climbing the walls<非正式>十分沮丧(或紧张、焦虑) Sitting at home would only have had him climbing the walls with frustration.待在家里只会让他沮丧得抓狂。 ◆to drive sb to the wallorto push sb to the wall<非正式>把某人逼入困境 ◆to drive sb up the wall<非正式>把某人逼疯(或逼得受不了) The heat is driving me up the wall.天气热得快把我逼疯了。 ◆to go to the wall<非正式>破产；生意失败 Even quite big companies are going to the wall these days.如今, 甚至相当大的公司也会破产倒闭。 ◆to go up the wall<非正式>发狂；勃然大怒 ◆to have your back to the wall<非正式>处于绝境；走投无路 ◆to have sb with their back to the wall<非正式>逼得某人走投无路 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, 这使得工会陷入了困境。 >wall²墙(上)的 She checked the wall clock.她对了对壁钟。 wall³1.(provide with a wall)用墙(或墙似的东西)围住(或防护、限制) 2.(block)+ opening用墙堵着 3.(seal within walls)用墙封住 Phrasal Verbswall in,wall off,wall up |
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