n. 城墙; 围墙; 墙; 壁; 墙壁; 屏障; 隔阂; 壁垒
v. 用墙把…围住
wall的第三人称单数和复数
v. 用墙把…围住
wall的第三人称单数和复数
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- N-COUNT 墙;墙壁
A wall is one of the vertical sides of a building or room.- Kathryn leaned against the wall of the church...
凯瑟琳倚靠在教堂的墙上。 - The bedroom walls would be painted light blue...
卧室的墙壁会被漆成浅蓝色。 - She checked the wall clock.
她对了对墙上的钟。
- Kathryn leaned against the wall of the church...
- N-COUNT (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.- He sat on the wall in the sun...
他坐在墙上晒太阳。 - The well is surrounded by a wall only 12 inches high.
井台只有12英寸高。
- He sat on the wall in the sun...
- N-COUNT (中空物体的)壁,内壁
The wall of something that is hollow is its side.- He ran his fingers along the inside walls of the box.
他用手指摸了摸盒子的内壁。
- He ran his fingers along the inside walls of the box.
- N-COUNT 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.- She gazed at the wall of books...
她目不转睛地盯着书墙。 - I was just hit by a wall of water.
我刚撞上了一堵水墙。
- She gazed at the wall of books...
- N-COUNT 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.- 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。 - 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。
- The police say they met the usual wall of silence...
- 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
- PHRASE 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.- 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。 - 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。
- I appealed for help but felt I was always banging my head against a wall...
- PHRASE 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.- 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。
- Their threat to hire replacement workers has the union with its back to the wall.
- PHRASE (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.- 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。
- Sitting at home would only have had him climbing the walls with frustration.
- PHRASE 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.- The heat is driving me up the wall...
炎热快把我逼疯了。 - 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。
- The heat is driving me up the wall...
- PHRASE 破产;(生意)失败
If a person or company goes to the wall, they lose all their money and their business fails.- 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。
- Even quite big companies are going to the wall these days.
- fly on the wall → see: fly
- The pictures, too, were absent from the walls
那些画也不在墙上了。 - The cave walls were beaded with moisture.
这个洞穴壁上布满了水珠。 - You could paint the walls and ceilings the same colour so they blend together.
你可以把墙和天花板粉刷成同一种颜色,这样看上去浑然一体。 - I remembered a huddle of stone buildings with blind walls.
我记得一片没有窗户的石头建筑。 - We noticed tiny bugs that were all over the walls.
我们注意到墙上爬满了小虫子。 - The walls and floors are clad with ceramic tiles.
墙面和地板上都贴着瓷砖。 - They clambered up the stone walls of a steeply terraced olive grove
他们手脚并用,爬上了一片成陡直梯田状的橄榄林外面的石头围墙。 - The red door clashed with the soft, natural tones of the stone walls
红门和石墙柔和的自然色调不协调。 - She covered the walls with the signs of the zodiac.
她在墙上贴满了十二星座的标志。 - Hundreds of office buildings and homes developed large cracks in walls and ceilings.
数百栋写字楼和住宅楼的墙壁和天花板上都出现了裂缝。 - My words were lost as the walls above us crashed down, filling the cellar with brick dust
我们头顶的墙塌了下来,地下室里满是砖灰,我惊得说不出话来。 - The walls had been painted an eggshell white.
墙面用蛋壳漆刷成了白色。 - She and Mark read the words inscribed on the inner walls of the monument.
她和马克读了刻在纪念碑内墙上的文字。 - The interior walls were painted green
内墙漆成了绿色。 - Dry stone walls may appear stark and lifeless, but they provide a valuable habitat for plants and animals.
干燥的石墙看起来也许荒凉且毫无生机,但它们为动植物提供了宝贵的栖息地。 - The walls are light in colour and covered in paper
墙的颜色素淡,贴了墙纸。 - Sea walls collapsed, and low-lying areas were flooded.
海堤溃决,海水淹没了低洼地区。 - Bookshelves occupied most of the living room walls.
这些书架占了起居室的大部分墙面。 - The panelled walls were covered with portraits
镶有嵌板的墙上挂满了肖像。 - The walls would be lined with books and periodicals.
这几面墙会摆放书籍和期刊。 - The Romans used natural pigments on their fabrics and walls.
古罗马人在织物和墙壁上使用天然颜料。 - People have damaged hedges and pushed over walls
人们弄坏了篱笆,推倒了墙。 - Eventually, they had to reinforce the walls with exterior beams.
最终,他们不得不通过增加外梁来对墙体进行加固。 - The paper was used for sealing up holes in walls and roofs.
这些纸用来封住墙壁和屋顶的洞。 - The walls in the front bedroom are painted with broad, pale blue and white stripes.
前卧室的墙壁被漆成淡蓝色和白色相间的宽条纹。 - She gazed round the church at the grey uneven walls and the vivid stained glass windows.
她四下打量了一番教堂凹凸不平的灰色墙壁和色彩鲜艳的彩色玻璃窗。 - The bedroom walls would be painted light blue
卧室的墙壁会被漆成浅蓝色。 - The walls had been whitewashed.
墙已经用石灰水刷过了。 - The walls have been painted bright yellow
墙壁漆成了亮黄色。 - The kitchen walls are blackened by smoke.
烟把厨房的墙壁熏黑了。