wall

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: rampartbulwark

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: palisadefencefence insurround

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。

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

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