Wall是什么意思？

Wall

英[wɔ:l] 美[wɔl]

• n. 墙，屏障，隔阂，壁垒；
• vt.& vi. 筑墙围住，用墙隔开，围以墙；
• adj. 墙壁的；

复数：walls;

第三人称单数：walls;

过去式：walled;

现在分词：walling;

例句

• I've been sitting against the wall and my foot's gone to sleep. 我一直靠墙站着, 脚都麻了。
• I never dreamed of there being a picture on the wall. 我根本没想到墙上有张画。
• I've long dreamed of paying a visit to the Great Wall. 我一直渴望游览长城。
• He thumbtacked the picture to the wall. 他用图钉将画钉在墙上。
• He is leaning up against the wall. 他靠着墙。
• The plank was set against the wall. 木板靠着墙壁。
• There was a low protecting wall to knock down the heat blasting from the pit of the furnace. 有一堵低矮的护壁挡住从炉膛里喷出的火焰。
• Why are they knocking down the wall? 他们为什么在拆墙?
• They have boarded up the hole in the wall. 他们用木板把墙上的洞封起来了。
• Wall Street’s collapse raised specters of the 1987 stock market crash. 华尔街股市暴跌引发了1987 年股市崩溃时的那种恐慌。

同义词

• n.
  wall的同义词之：墙壁,隔板,栅栏,堤,隔膜
  embankment, load-bearing, paling, separator, partition, wall, membrane, stone, levee, parapet, panel, bulkhead, non-load-bearing, divider, fence, barrier, screen, dike, room, sea, division,
  wall的同义词之：防御工事,堡垒
  fortification, bunker, protection, walls, barricade, enclosure,
  wall的同义词之：障碍
  impediment, stop, obstacle, obstruction, block, stopper, barrier,
• wall的同义词之：其他释义
  picket,

词组

• between you and me and the wall
  见 bedpost
• drive someone up the wall
  (informal)make someone very irritated or angry (非正式)使某人非常恼火
• go to the wall informal 非正式
  (of a business) fail; go out of business （生意）失败 support someone or something, no matter what the cost to oneself （不计代价）支持
• hit the wall
  (of an athlete) experience a sudden loss of energy in a long race （长跑运动员）突然跑不动了
• off the wall N. Amer. informal 北美，非正式
  eccentric or unconventional 古怪的；不寻常的 (of a person) angry （人）生气的 (of an accusation) without basis or foundation （指控）无根据的
• walls have ears
  (proverb)be careful what you say as people may be eavesdropping (谚)隔墙有耳
• wall-to-wall
  (of a carpet or other floor covering) fitted to cover an entire floor （地毯或其他铺地材料）铺满整个地板的
• off the wall&I{【俚语】}
  Extremely unconventional. 极端开放的 Without foundation; ridiculous 无原则的；荒唐可笑的
• up the wall&I{【俚语】}
  Into a state of extreme frustration, anger, or distress 狂怒恼火的：进入极端沮丧、愤怒或悲哀的状态
• writing on the wall 或 handwriting on the wall
  An ominous indication of the course of future events 凶兆：对于未来事件发展的不祥预示

英语四级真题

She went to New York and invested on Wall Street.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
She invested in stocks and shares on Wall Street
出自-2014年6月听力原文
The overthrown giants of Wall Street took the biggest knock, with average pay cuts of 38% and median bonuses of zero.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

By last year, Wall Street traders, bankers and those who deal in real estate generated 21% of the national income, double their share in the 1950s.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
Newspapers relay daily accounts of goal-setting prevalent in industries and businesses up and down both Wall Street and Main Street , yet there has been surprisingly little research on how the long-trumpeted practice of setting goals may have contributed to the current economic crisis , and unethical （不道德的）behavior in general.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文
There aren't many jobs in science for them, so they go to Wall Street and Silicon Valley to apply their analytical skills to more practical—and rewarding—efforts.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  墙;墙壁
  A wall is one of the vertical sides of a building or room.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• N-COUNT
  (中空物体的)壁，内壁
  The wall of something that is hollow is its side.
  例句
  He ran his fingers along the inside walls of the box. 他用手指摸了摸盒子的内壁。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  墙, 壁, 围墙
  They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 He fastened the calendar to a wall. 他把日历挂在墙上。 I should hate to be confined within the four walls of an office all day. 我讨厌整天关在办公室里。
• vt. & vi.
  筑墙围住, 用墙隔开
  We're going to wall the garden. 我们打算用墙把花园围起来。 They walled off the large prison into lots of very small cells. 他们把大监狱隔成很多小牢房。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure;
  "the south wall had a small window""the walls were covered with pictures"
  2. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes;
  "they stormed the ramparts of the city""they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
  3. anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect;
  "a wall of water""a wall of smoke""a wall of prejudice""negotiations ran into a brick wall"
  4. a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden);
  "the wall followed the road""he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"
  5. (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure;
  "stomach walls"
  6. a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
  7. a layer of material that encloses space;
  "the walls of the cylinder were perforated""the container's walls were blue"
  8. a difficult or awkward situation;
  "his back was to the wall""competition was pushing them to the wall"
• Verb
  1. surround with a wall in order to fortify

行业词典

• 体育： 人墙；池壁；砖墙障碍；肋木；
  医学： 壁：某个局限的空间，如胸腔、腹腔或中空的器官的限制性结构。各种解剖结构的特化壁的正式名称见paries项下；
  土木工程： 墙；
  建筑： 墙；
  煤炭： 煤壁；直接进行采掘的煤层暴露面。；