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wall
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plural walls
plural walls
Learner's definition of WALL
[count]
1
: a structure of brick, stone, etc., that surrounds an area or separates one area from another墙；围墙 — often used figuratively常用作比喻 — see also climbing wall, fire wall, retaining wall, seawall
- A stone wall marks off their property.一面石墙圈出了他们的房产。
- the Great Wall of China中国长城
- the walls of the ancient city古城城墙
- The wave was like a wall of water.波浪就像是一道水幕。
- The police formed a human wall around him.警方在他身边围起了一道人墙。
- His suggestion was met with a wall of silence. [=was met with complete silence]他的建议无人响应。
- a wall of sound声墙
- He built an emotional wall [=barrier] around himself.他为自己建起了一道感情屏障。
2
: the structure that forms the side of a room or building（房间或建筑的）墙，墙壁
- She hung posters on the walls of her room.她把海报都挂在了自己房间的墙上。
- This apartment building has thin walls, and you can hear everything your neighbors say.这个公寓楼的墙很薄，邻居说什么你都能听见。
- A lot has happened inside these four walls. [=inside this room]在这个房间里发生过太多的事。
- Lower your voice and be careful what you say. The walls have ears. [=other people could be listening to what you say]把声音放低，说话要小心。隔墙有耳。
3
: the outer layer of something that is hollow (such as a part of the body or of a plant)（身体器官或植物等中空物体的）外壁
- plant cell walls植物细胞壁
- Muscles in the abdominal wall help protect organs.腹壁肌肉可以帮助保护器官。
back is to/against the wall
climbing the walls
drive (someone) up a/the wall
informal : to make (someone) irritated, angry, or crazy（使某人）恼火，愤怒，发狂
- Your constant tapping is driving me up the wall!你不停地敲来敲去真把我烦死了！
- Her voice drives me up a wall. [=her voice is very annoying to me]她的声音让我抓狂。
fly on the wall
go to the wall
informal 1
US : to make every possible effort to achieve something, to win, etc.（竭尽全力）获得，赢得
- He's prepared to go to the wall to defend his beliefs.他已做好准备尽全力捍卫自己的信仰。
2
British : to fail because of a lack of money（因缺少资金而）失败
- a company that has gone to the wall破产的公司
hit a/the wall
informal : to reach a point at which you find it very difficult or impossible to continue撞墙，碰壁（处于难以继续的状态）
- He worked late every day and took frequent business trips for several years before he finally hit the wall.他每天都工作到很晚，几年来又经常出差，直到最后他撑不下去了。
- They seem to have hit the wall in terms of new ideas.他们这些新想法看起来是进行不下去了。
- Her tennis career hit a wall after the injury.受伤后，她的网球生涯便走到头了。
the writing/handwriting is on the wall
or see/read the writing/handwriting on the wall — used to say that it is clear that something bad will probably happen soon（坏事）有可能即将发生
- I haven't lost my job yet, but the writing is on the wall: my company just laid off 50 more people today.我目前还没失业，不过也快了：公司今天刚刚又解雇了50名员工。
- No one told him he was going to be fired, but he could see the writing on the wall.没有人跟他说他将被解雇，但他能看出一点儿苗头。
up against a/the wall
informal : in a very bad position or situation陷入困境；碰壁
- The team was up against a wall in the first half of the game.这支队在上半场比赛中就陷入了困境。
2 wall /ˈwɑːl/ verb
walls; walled; walling
2 wall
/ˈwɑːl/
verb
walls; walled; walling
Learner's definition of WALL
wall in
[phrasal verb] wall (something) in or wall in (something)
: to surround (something) with a wall or with something that is like a wall用墙（或类似墙的东西）围住…
- The school grounds are walled in.学校操场四周围有围墙。
- They walled the garden in with rows of thick shrubs.他们用一排排茂密的灌木丛围住了花园。
wall off
[phrasal verb] wall (something) off or wall off (something)
: to separate (something) from the area around it with a wall用墙把…隔开
- The school walled off the playground from the parking lot.学校用墙把操场和停车场隔开了。
wall up
[phrasal verb] 1
wall (something) up or wall up (something) : to close off (an opening) by filling it with stone, brick, etc.（用石头或砖等）堵住，封死
- They walled up the doorway of the abandoned house.他们把那个废弃房子的门口封上了。
2
wall (someone) up or wall up (someone) : to keep (someone) as a prisoner in an enclosed space囚禁；监禁
- He was walled up in the tower. [=was locked inside the tower]他被关在塔里。
1
a
: a high thick masonry structure forming a long rampart or an enclosure chiefly for defense —often used in plural
b
: a masonry fence around a garden, park, or estate
c
: a structure that serves to hold back pressure (as of water or sliding earth)
walled; walling; walls
of the eyes : to roll in a dramatic manner
: to roll (one's eyes) in a dramatic manner
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun A stone wall marks off their property. the Great Wall of China the walls of the ancient city She hung posters on the walls of her room. This apartment building has thin walls, and you can hear everything your neighbors say. Muscles in the abdominal wall help protect organs. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Joe Noga, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 The focus could land on traveling the road back, building back his body from exhaustion at simply hitting a few balls against a wall. San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022 The Imperial Valley’s south end, meanwhile, is home to a cluster of sprawling solar farms, some of them right up against the border wall. Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 And now with the series returning to Wintrust Arena on Thursday night for a decisive Game 5, the Sky find themselves with their backs against the wall. Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 When displayed against a wall or in a window, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's right and the observer's left. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2022 Throw the ball laterally against a wall or to a partner. Jen Murphy, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022 One in progress, propped against the wall, looks like one of those IQ tests that calls for finding patterns among disparate elements. Nathan Heller, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2022 Lean them against the wall and fill the slots with mosses or succulents. Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2022 George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2022 But the salon also provides additional measures upon request, such as heavy cloth dividers between stations to wall off other guests, Voance’s owner, Rasheda Akter, told me. Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 7 July 2022 Four interlocked slabs that wall out the community, and two spacious plazas that invite it in. John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 June 2022 Russia has used the war in Ukraine to step up its effort to wall off its internet from the rest of the world, building what some have described as a digital Iron Curtain. Rishi Iyengar, CNN, 3 June 2022 Russia has attempted to wall off its internet from the world but appears to recognize the potential backlash from citizens for banning the most popular services. Rishi Iyengar, CNN, 3 June 2022 Whether used to wall off sleeping quarters in a loft or hung as art, considering clever room divider ideas can help energize a room. Marisa Martin, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2022 Standard diagnoses often collapse what some scientists believe are different conditions into one, whereas other diagnoses wall off conditions that are perhaps not so different at all. New York Times, 9 May 2022 Rather than wall off such matters from state-court review, the Supreme Court could review state-court decisions that cross the line from interpreting state law to writing law. WSJ, 17 May 2022 See More
Noun
Will Benson’s leaping catch against the wall in left field also robbed Kepler of extra bases in the eighth. Joe Noga, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 The focus could land on traveling the road back, building back his body from exhaustion at simply hitting a few balls against a wall. San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022 The Imperial Valley’s south end, meanwhile, is home to a cluster of sprawling solar farms, some of them right up against the border wall. Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 And now with the series returning to Wintrust Arena on Thursday night for a decisive Game 5, the Sky find themselves with their backs against the wall. Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 When displayed against a wall or in a window, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's right and the observer's left. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2022 Throw the ball laterally against a wall or to a partner. Jen Murphy, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022 One in progress, propped against the wall, looks like one of those IQ tests that calls for finding patterns among disparate elements. Nathan Heller, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2022 Lean them against the wall and fill the slots with mosses or succulents. Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2022 Verb
This little star does not wall itself off gravitationally, and information rides out on its light. George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2022 But the salon also provides additional measures upon request, such as heavy cloth dividers between stations to wall off other guests, Voance’s owner, Rasheda Akter, told me. Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 7 July 2022 Four interlocked slabs that wall out the community, and two spacious plazas that invite it in. John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 June 2022 Russia has used the war in Ukraine to step up its effort to wall off its internet from the rest of the world, building what some have described as a digital Iron Curtain. Rishi Iyengar, CNN, 3 June 2022 Russia has attempted to wall off its internet from the world but appears to recognize the potential backlash from citizens for banning the most popular services. Rishi Iyengar, CNN, 3 June 2022 Whether used to wall off sleeping quarters in a loft or hung as art, considering clever room divider ideas can help energize a room. Marisa Martin, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2022 Standard diagnoses often collapse what some scientists believe are different conditions into one, whereas other diagnoses wall off conditions that are perhaps not so different at all. New York Times, 9 May 2022 Rather than wall off such matters from state-court review, the Supreme Court could review state-court decisions that cross the line from interpreting state law to writing law. WSJ, 17 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English weall; akin to Middle High German wall; both from Latin vallum rampart, from vallus stake, palisade; perhaps akin to Old Norse vǫlr staff — more at wale
Verb (2)
Middle English (Scots) wawlen, probably from Middle English wawil- (in wawil-eghed walleyed)
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb (1)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Time Traveler
The first known use of wall was before the 12th century Phrases Containing wall
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