wall英 [wɔ:l]　美 [wɔl]　

第三人称单数：walls第三人称复数：walls现在分词：walling过去式：walled

wall 基本解释

名词 墙; 屏障; 隔阂; 壁垒

及物/不及物动词 筑墙围住，用墙隔开; 围以墙

形容词 墙壁的

wall 中文词源

wall 墙

来自拉丁语vallum,木柱，墙，或来自PIE*wel,转，拱起，词源同involve,vault。引申词义词墙。

wall 相关例句

及物动词

1. The window was walled up years ago.
    那扇窗户多年前就用墙堵塞了。

2. The garden is walled.
    这个园子有围墙。

名词

1. The walls of the furnace are under repair.
    炉壁正在修理。

2. Hang the picture on the wall.
    把画挂在墙上。

3. There was a wall around the park.
    公园四周有围墙。

wall 情景对话

问路

B：(Excuse me/ Pardon me/ I beg your pardon), how do I get to Wall Street?
      （劳驾/对不起/请原谅），去华尔街怎么走？

A：Take the A train…
      坐A列火车。

Subways & Urban Railways-(地铁和市区铁路)

B：Excuse me, how do I get to Wall Street?
      打扰一下，请问去华尔街怎么走？

A：Take the A train south to the Liberty Ave. stop. You should be able to find it from there.
      坐往南开的A 列车到自由大街站。在那儿你就可以找到了。

B：I’m sorry, but how do I know the subway train is going south?
      抱歉。我如何知道地铁是往南开的呢？

A：The southbound A trains say Brooklyn.
      往南开的A列地铁上写着 “布鲁克林”。

B：O.K., so it’s this one?
      噢，所以就是这列了。

A：Yeah. Hey? What are you doing? Let the people off the train before you get on.
      对了。嘿，你在干什么？坐车先下后上。

B：Oh, sorry.
      噢，抱歉。

A：Jeez. Tourists.
      天哪，这些游客。

在出租车上

A：The central Hotel, please. I have to be there by 6:00
      去中央旅馆，我必须在6 点钟赶到那儿。

B：We shouldn’t have any trouble if the traffic isn’t too heavy. Is this your first trip here?
      如果交通不拥挤，没什么问题。这是您第一次来这儿旅行吧？

A：Yes. I’ve never been here before.
      是的，我以前从来没来过这儿。

B：You haven’t seen the sights yet, have you?
      您还没有在此地观光，是吗？

A：No, I’m open to suggestions.
      是的，我愿意听听建议。

B：Why don’t you visit the Great Wall first?
      为什么不首先去参观长城？

A：That’s a good idea.
      这是个好主意。

B：Here we are. That will be seven yuan and seventy cents.

      我们到了，车费是7 元7 角。

A：Thanks a lot. Here’s ten yuan. Keep the change.
      非常感谢，这是10 元，不用找了。

wall 双语例句

• 1. Lucy had strung a banner across the wall saying "Welcome Home Daddy".

• 露西在墙上挂了一条横幅，上面写着“欢迎爸爸回家”。

• 2. The child kept her eyes fixed on the wall behind him.

• 这个小女孩眼睛一直紧盯着他身后的那堵墙。

• 3. A Wall Street Journal editorial encapsulated the views of many conservatives.

• 《华尔街日报》的一篇社论概述了很多保守派人士的观点。

• 4. The pockmarks made by her bullets are still on the wall.

• 墙上仍然有她的子弹留下的凹坑。

• 5. I cut it out and pinned it to my studio wall.

• 我把它剪下来钉在我工作室的墙上。

wall 词典解释

1. 墙;墙壁
    A wall is one of the vertical sides of a building or room.

    e.g. Kathryn leaned against the wall of the church...
           凯瑟琳倚靠在教堂的墙上。
    e.g. The bedroom walls would be painted light blue...
           卧室的墙壁会被漆成浅蓝色。

-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. (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.

    e.g. He sat on the wall in the sun...
           他坐在墙上晒太阳。
    e.g. The well is surrounded by a wall only 12 inches high.
           井台只有12英寸高。

3. (中空物体的)壁，内壁
    The wall of something that is hollow is its side.

    e.g. He ran his fingers along the inside walls of the box.
           他用手指摸了摸盒子的内壁。

4. 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.

    e.g. She gazed at the wall of books...
           她目不转睛地盯着书墙。
    e.g. I was just hit by a wall of water.
           我刚撞上了一堵水墙。

5. 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.

    e.g. The police say they met the usual wall of silence...
           警方称他们像往常一样碰了壁，没人吭气。
    e.g. 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。

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. 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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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. 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.

    e.g. 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. (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.

    e.g. 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. 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.

      e.g. The heat is driving me up the wall...
             炎热快把我逼疯了。
      e.g. 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. 破产;(生意)失败
      If a person or company goes to the wall, they lose all their money and their business fails.

      e.g. 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。

12. fly on the wall -> see fly
      the writing is on the wall -> see writing

相关词组：wall in wall off wall up

wall 英英释义

noun

1. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

    e.g. they stormed the ramparts of the city
           they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down

    Synonym: rampart bulwark

2. an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness
    used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

    e.g. the south wall had a small window
           the walls were covered with pictures

3. a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)

    e.g. the wall followed the road
           he ducked behind the garden wall and waited

4. a layer of material that encloses space

    e.g. the walls of the cylinder were perforated
           the container's walls were blue

5. (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure

    e.g. stomach walls

    Synonym: paries

6. anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect

    e.g. a wall of water
           a wall of smoke
           a wall of prejudice
           negotiations ran into a brick wall

7. a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)

8. a difficult or awkward situation

    e.g. his back was to the wall
           competition was pushing them to the wall

verb

1. surround with a wall in order to fortify

    Synonym: palisade fence fence in surround