首页英语词典wallwall的意思

wall

英 [wɔːl] 美[wɔl]

n. 墙壁，围墙；似墙之物
vt. 用墙围住，围以墙
adj. 墙壁的
n. (Wall)人名；(英)沃尔；(德、芬、捷、瑞典)瓦尔

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词态变化

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

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。

英英释意

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"

英文词源

wall: wall: [OE] Wall was borrowed into Old English from Latin vallum ‘rampart’. This originally denoted a ‘stockade made of stakes’, and it was derived from vallus ‘stake’. German wall, Dutch wal, and Swedish vall, also borrowings from Latin, preserve its meaning ‘rampart, embankment’, but English wall has become considerably wider in its application. An interval is etymologically a space ‘between ramparts’.
=> interval
wall (n.): Old English weall, Anglian wall "rampart, dike, earthwork" (natural as well as man-made), "dam, cliff, rocky shore," also "defensive fortification around a city, side of a building," an Anglo-Frisian and Saxon borrowing (Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wal) from Latin vallum "wall, rampart, row or line of stakes," apparently a collective form of vallus "stake," from PIE *walso- "a post." Swedish vall, Danish val are from Low German.

Meaning "interior partition of a structure" is mid-13c. In this case, English uses one word where many languages have two, such as German Mauer "outer wall of a town, fortress, etc.," used also in reference to the former Berlin Wall, and wand "partition wall within a building" (compare the distinction, not always rigorously kept, in Italian muro/parete, Irish mur/fraig, Lithuanian muras/siena, etc.). The Latin word for "defensive wall" was murus (see mural).

Anatomical use from late 14c. To give (someone) the wall "allow him or her to walk on the (cleaner) wall side of the pavement" is from 1530s. To turn (one's) face to the wall "prepare to die" is from 1570s. Phrase up the wall "angry, crazy" is from 1951; off the wall "unorthodox, unconventional" is recorded from 1966, American English student slang. To go over the wall "escape" (originally from prison) is from 1933. Wall-to-wall (adj.) recorded 1939, of shelving, etc.; metaphoric use (usually disparaging) is from 1967.
wall (v.): "to enclose with a wall," late Old English *weallian (implied in geweallod), from the source of wall (n.). Meaning "fill up (a doorway, etc.) with a wall" is from c. 1500. Meaning "shut up in a wall, immure" is from 1520s. Related: Walled; walling.

考试真题

Office managers knock down walls to encourage team building.

Imagine being able to remember every painting, on every wall, in every gallery space, between nearly 40 countries, he says.

The overthrown giants of Wall Street took the biggest knock, with average pay cuts of 38% and median bonuses of zero.

On the other hand,there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, which usually involves breaking windows or lights or writing on walls.

She went to New York and invested on Wall Street.

She invested in stocks and shares on Wall Street

The woman was putting up a sign on the wall.

"Imagine being able to remember every painting, on every wall, in every gallery space, between nearly 40 countries," he says.

The building is very tall and there are gardens and a wall around it all.

This week, the resident exhibition is a display of ancient wall paintings on loan from Australia.

Less than an hour away by snowmobile, Chinese labourers have updated the Great Wall Station, a vital part of China's plan to operate five bases on Antarctica, complete with an indoor badminton court and sleeping quarters for 150 people.

China's newly renovated Great Wall Station on King George Island makes the Russian and Chilean bases here seem outdated.

And there is more to the story, because not only are the devices that house incandescent bulbs shaped to their underlying characteristics, but rooms and entire buildings have been designed in accordance with how incandescent lighting reflects off walls and windows.

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.

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.

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.

It takes a certain type of person who will bang his head against the wall because you believe you'll find the solution.

China's newly renovated Great Wall Station on king George Island makes the Russian and Chilean bases here seem outdated.

Subjects played a computerized driving game in which the player must avoid crashing into a wall that materializes, without warning, on the roadway.

All through the night, Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, passed them over the seven-foot wall and hid them in the restaurant.

Another important design goal is communication, which designers have improved by lowering the walls that separate workstations.

As natural architects, the pueblo Indians figured out exactly how thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.

Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.

He asked the workers to use traditional techniques to make the bricks into walls, roofs and corridors.

If you studied pictures that ancient people left on rock walls and you tried to determine their meaning, you would not detect a deep interest in romance among the artists.

It's cleaner, there are benches to sit on, and there are the arts on the walls.

Since finishing my studies at harvard and oxford, I've watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying wall street jobs.

The large color decision in your rooms concern the walls, ceilings, and floors.

The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better understand the shared passion for beauty.

This cycle goes day after day: the walls warm up during the day and cool off during the night and are thus always a timely offset for the outside temperatures.

This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who "ruined" it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom.

Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that heat slowly during cool nights, thus warming the house.

We shared the brief that if you're fortunate enough to have success, you should put something back - he with his newman's own food and his hole in the wall camps for kids who are seriously ill, and me with sundance and the institute and the festival.

When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough to cool the house during the hot day; at the same time, they warm up again for the night.

Similarly, some Wall Street investment films armed themselves with patents for financial products, even as they took positions in court cases opposing the practice.

So, does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that mean the writing is on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyle?.

The Navy Department moved into the east wing in 1879, where elaborate wall and ceiling stenciling and marquetry floors decorated the office of the Secretary.

Many of the most celebrated national figures have participated in historical events that have taken place within the EEOB's granite walls.

Completed in 1875, the State Department's south wing was the first to be occupied, with its elegant four-story library ( ' , completed in 1876), Diplomatic Reception Room, and Secretary's office decorated with carved wood, Oriental rugs, and stenciled wall patterns.

As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy.

Completed in 1875, the State Department's south wing was the first to be occupied, with its elegant four-story library, diplomatic Reception Room, and Secretary's office decorated with carved wood, Oriental rugs, and stenciled wall patterns.

In its latest survey of CEO pay, The Wall Street Journal finds that "a substantial part" of executive pay is now tied to performance.

similarly, some Wall Street investment firms armed themselves with patents for financial products, even as they took positions in court cases opposing the practice.

词组搭配

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

the tendency for poets to &B{go to the wall for} their beliefs.
诗人们为了他们的信仰而不惜一切代价的倾向。

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

the president was off the wall about the article.
总统对那篇文章十分气愤。

(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

an accusation that is really off the wall.
确实荒谬可笑的指控

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

tensions that are driving me up the wall.
使我心烦意乱的压力

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

saw the writing on the wall and fled the country.
觉察到凶兆立即逃到了国外

实用场景例句

The fields were divided by stone walls.: 这些田地由石墙分隔。

He sat on the wall and watched the others playing.: 他坐在墙头上看别人玩耍。

I'm going to paint the walls white and the ceiling pink.: 我打算把墙壁刷成白色，把天花板刷成粉红色。

Hang the picture on the wall opposite the window.: 把这张画挂在对着窗的墙上。

She leaned against the wall.: 她倚靠着墙。

The boat struck a solid wall of water.: 船撞上一道水幕。

The investigators were confronted by a wall of silence .: 调查人员碰了壁，问谁谁都默不作声。

the abdominal wall: 腹腔壁

the wall of an artery: 动脉血管壁

Some of his ideas are really off the wall.: 他有些想法真是十分新奇。

off-the-wall ideas: 奇妙的想法

That noise is driving me up the wall.: 那噪音让我都快疯了。

I mustn't be late or Dad will go up the wall.: 我不能晚了，否则爸爸会发脾气的。

a walled city: 有城墙的城市

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。

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

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。