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IELTS BNC: 577 COCA: 571

wall

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Related topics: Household, Buildings, House
wall1 /wɔːl $ wɒːl/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC]  
1  around an area 围绕一个区域DHTBB an upright flat structure made of stone or brick, that divides one area from another or surrounds an area 墙；围墙 → fence
stone/brick/concrete wall
 The estate is surrounded by high stone walls.
庄园的四周是高高的石墙。
city/garden etc wall
 the ancient city walls
古老的城墙
 the Great Wall of China
中国的长城
 We climbed over the wall into the orchard.
我们翻墙进了果园。
2  DHHin a building 在建筑物中 one of the sides of a room or building 〔房间或建筑物的〕墙壁
on the wall
 I put some pictures up on the walls.
我在墙上挂了几幅照片。
 Bob leaned against the wall.
鲍勃靠在墙上。
bedroom/kitchen etc wall
 We decided to paint the bathroom walls blue.
我们决定把浴室墙壁漆成蓝色。
3  SIDEbody 身体 the side of something hollow, especially within the body 〔空心物，尤指体内器官的〕内壁
 The walls of the blood vessels had been damaged.
血管壁已经受损。
 cell walls
细胞壁
4  wall of fire/water etc AMOUNTa tall mass of something such as fire or water, that stops anything from getting past 〔使任何东西都无法通过的高大〕火墙/水墙等
 The boat was hit by a wall of water.
小船被一道水幕击中。
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wall of fire/water etc• Surrounding buildings had to be protected by a wall of water to stop them being engulfed by the flames.• A few minutes later, a wall of water crashed over the lip of the Falls and Niagara was in business again.• A wall of water a thousand feet high smashed down on Nagarythe.• And they drove off into another amazing wall of water.• I watched as the roof of the house seemed to rest on the four walls of fire.• But there was no wall of water crashing through the canyon.• Spray, driven by the wall of water, struck his face.• They had been through the wall of fire together.
5  wall of silence/secrecy SAYa situation in which nobody will tell you what you want to know 默不作声/秘而不宣〔指想知道某事却无人回应〕
 The police investigation was met with a wall of silence.
警方的调查工作受阻，谁都闭口不言。
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wall of silence/secrecy• A wall of silence has now descended over the key players.• Blount met with a convenient wall of silence.• Only Jim Crane, ambitious but a little more human than the other hacks, can break Alice's wall of silence.• Very soon a cold stone wall of silence had tormented them to wounded exasperation.• But the wall of silence that protected behind the scenes negotiations produced no answers.• Other cracks in the wall of secrecy have appeared in recent years, as we shall see in Chapter 5.
n6. Internet an area on a website such as Facebook where other people can leave messages and comments about you
7  up the wall spokenANGRY very angry or annoyed 非常恼火
 That noise is driving me up the wall (=making me annoyed).
那声音都快把我逼疯了。
go up the wall British EnglishBrE
 I’ve got to be on time or Sarah will go up the wall.
我一定得准时，否则萨拉要发火的。
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go up the wall• If my dad went up the wall with that, what was he going to do with me?
8  off the wall informal very strange or unusual, often in an amusing way 古怪的；不同寻常的；奇妙的
 Some of Krista’s ideas are a little off the wall.
克丽丝塔的一些想法有点新奇古怪。
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off the wall• The noise of conversation from the hall below bounced off the walls around them.• Before I could grasp what was happening, I had bounced off the wall and was crumpling on to the floor in pain.• I jumped down off the wall and joined my sister who was standing behind them listening.• A Whitney Houston tape echoed off the walls.• There's a woman just up the road so I hop off the wall and run after her.• The husband tried to seize a portrait of her, an oil painting, rip it right off the wall.
9  go to the wall informalFAIL if a company goes to the wall, it fails, especially because of financial difficulties 〔尤指公司因财务困难而〕破产，倒闭
 Many small investors will go to the wall.
许多小投资者将会破产。
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go to the wall• Some farmers did go to the wall, but far fewer than predicted.• In the first six months of this year nearly 30,000 small firms went to the wall - a third up on 1991.• Small livestock farmers have gone to the wall in their thousands.• Over 300 small firms have gone to the wall in the past year.• Quickly he went to the wall safe at the far end of the room and touched the combination.• Those who could stand the pace flourished; those who could not went to the wall.• High interest rates will force many businesses to go to the wall.• It would be a tragic loss to theatre if such an important organisation were to go to the wall.• The trades unionist suspects that in competitive capitalism the weak go to the wall.• He's not a candidate that Democrats would go to the wall for.
10  these four walls spokenPRIVATE/PERSONAL the room that you are in, especially considered as a private place 〔某人所在的〕房间〔尤被视为私人的地方〕
 I don’t want anything repeated outside these four walls.
我希望这些话出了这个屋子就不要再说了。
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these four walls• What purpose did she serve sitting looking at these four walls?• I can not be said to have a life outside these four walls.• I don't want anything that I have said repeated outside these four walls.
11  be/come up against a (brick) wall to reach a point where you cannot make progress, especially because something or someone is stopping you 碰壁
 We seem to have come up against a brick wall in this investigation.
我们这次调查似乎碰壁了。
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be/come up against a (brick) wall• She swam in what she hoped was the direction of the stairs, only to come up against a wall.
12  be climbing/crawling (up) the walls informalANNOY to be feeling extremely anxious, unhappy, or annoyed, especially because you are waiting for something or are in a situation which you cannot get away from 〔尤指因等待某事或不能做某事而〕极度焦急；不满；不耐烦；心烦意乱
 The kids soon had him climbing the walls.
孩子们不久就搞得他心烦意乱。
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be climbing/crawling (up) the walls• Realizes he is moving in her desperately, as if he is climbing the walls of a closed building.
13. walls have ears WARNused to warn people to be careful what they say, because other people, especially enemies, could be listening 隔墙有耳
14. hit the wall informalDS to reach the point when you are most physically tired when doing a sport 〔运动中〕到达极限
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hit the wall• I miss and hit the wall.• Each time the ball hits the wall a brick disappears and you're closer to your aim of breaking down the wall.• Witnesses swear that as fast as the line drive hit the wall, Rivera was rounding second before it touched the ground.• It hit the wall four feet below him.• It hit the wall near the window and smashed.• It gathers speed, and suddenly hits the wall by the foot of the bed.• During the 1982 recession, the deepest since the Depression, state governments began to hit the wall.• He expected to hit the wall of the cliff somewhere up ahead.
→ have your back to/against the wall at back2(21), → be (like) banging your head against a brick wall at head1, → like talking to a brick wall at talk1(15), → the writing is on the wall at writing(8), → off-the-wall
n THESAURUS
wall an upright flat structure made of stone or brick, that divides one area from another or surrounds an area
The estate is surrounded by high stone walls.
a brick wall
fence a structure made of wood, metal etc that surrounds a piece of land
The garden was surrounded by an old wooden fence.
the chain link fence around the school
railings a metal fence that is made of a series of upright bars
the iron railings in front of the house
The boy was leaning over the railing on the side of the boat.
barrier a type of fence or gate that prevents people from moving in a particular direction
A guard stood near the barrier.
The police had put up barriers to keep the crowd under control.
screen a piece of furniture like a thin wall that can be moved around and is used to divide one part of a room from another
the screen around his hospital bed
a Japanese bamboo screen
a fire screen (=that you put near a fire)
partition a thin wall that separates one part of a room from another
The room was divided into two by a thin partition.
The offices are separated by partitions and you can hear everything that is said in the next office.
barricade a line of objects that people have put across a road, to prevent people getting past, especially as part of a protest
The soldiers used tanks to smash through the barricades.
Examples from the Corpus
wall• A brick wall surrounds the building.• Built in 1537 of brick, it has immense circular mural towers and massive, impregnable walls.• But no one can figure out a way to take that wall down without damaging the FleetCenter wall.• The joists support all the walls, so the walls of the bathroom had to be torn out.• My granda used to pin his favourite tenant's letters to the wall of his cupboard.• He spotted another phalanx of flies stuck to the walls.• The walls were lined with another fine matting woven in a large diamond design of red and green.• We should hang the picture on this wall over here.
city/garden etc wall• Our escorts, both dressed in blazers and boaters jumped on-board - and promptly steered us straight for a garden wall.• Suddenly from every house, from the beached ships, from every garden wall MacIans were leaping out.• Enjoy a walk along the city walls and a stroll beside the Dee.• The cart went along by the garden wall, and round to the back door.• Vaughan eventually found Tyndale in Antwerp and had several talks with him in a meadow outside the city walls.• As we passed through the city wall, a great shout went up from the occupants of the car.• The garden walls appear to be more archaic than the house.• It is a Bedouin band; and next morning there remains not a single living soul within those city walls.
bedroom/kitchen etc wall• I stopped listening to Jake Rosso's records, and took his pictures off my bedroom wall.• I looked at the clock on our kitchen wall.• The outside yard was about seven feet in width and bordered by the kitchen wall.• The thumping, pulsating music shook the kitchen walls.• The kitchen walls literally run with water at times!• Unfortunately, you can not gain access to your inner clock as easily as the clock on your kitchen wall.• These objects add instant nostalgia when hung on your kitchen wall or placed in a basket on your counter top.
wall2 verb  
1.wall something ↔ in phrasal verbphr v AROUND/ROUNDto surround an open area with walls 用墙围住
2 wall something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v SEPARATEto keep one area or room separate from another, by building a wall 用墙隔开
3 wall somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v 
From Longman Business Dictionary
wallwall /wɔːlwɒːl/ nounFINANCE
1go to the wall if a business goes to the wall, it fails, especially because of financial difficulties
One of the highest-flyers in the computer industry went to the wall a year ago because of trouble handling a large acquisition.
2hit a wall if sales, profits etc hit a wall, they reach their highest point before beginning to fall
Booming car sales in Germany hit a wall in August, plummeting 40%.
→ see also Chinese wall, party wall
Origin wall1
Old English weall
wall1 noun →n THESAURUS1wall2 verb
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See also: Wall's

IELTS BNC: 577 COCA: 571
wall

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + WALL | WALL + VERB | WALL + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤high, low高牆；矮牆▸➤long, short長牆；短牆▸➤thick, thin厚牆；薄牆▸➤massive厚實的牆▸➤back, front, side後牆；前牆；邊牆▸➤bare, blank光禿禿的牆；空白的牆◇to stare at a blank wall盯着空空的牆壁➤exterior, external, outer, outside外牆▸➤inner, inside, interior, internal裏牆；內牆▸➤adjoining鄰牆➤far, opposite遠處的牆；對面的牆◇A large window ran along the far wall.一扇巨大的窗戶沿着遠處的牆壁延伸。➤dividing, partition, party (BrE) 隔斷牆；隔牆；界牆▸➤boundary, perimeter邊界牆；圍牆➤curtain幕牆▸➤load-bearing承重牆◇If a load-bearing wall is weakened, the building could fall down.如果承重牆堅固度降低的話，建築就可能倒塌。➤retaining擋土牆◇They built a retaining wall around the pond.他們圍着池塘建了一圈擋土牆。➤panelled/paneled鑲有嵌板的牆▸➤bathroom, kitchen, etc.浴室、廚房等的牆▸➤brick, concrete, masonry, stone, etc.磚牆、混凝土牆、磚石牆、石頭牆等➤castle, cave, city, garden, prison, etc.城堡圍牆、洞壁、城牆、花園圍牆、監獄圍牆等➤harbour/harbor, sea港口防波堤；海堤➤cell, vessel (both biology生物) 細胞壁；血管壁VERB + WALL➤build, erect, put up建造牆；築牆▸➤demolish, destroy, pull down拆除牆壁；摧毀牆壁▸➤climb, climb over, scale爬牆；攀牆◇The burglars must have scaled the side wall.這些入室竊賊一定是攀越邊牆進來的。➤lean against靠着牆▸➤jump over翻牆而過➤stare at盯着牆看◇She just sat there, staring at the wall.她就坐在那兒盯着牆看。➤adorn, decorate裝飾牆➤be attached to, hang on貼在／掛在牆上▸➤cover, line, paint, paper, plaster覆蓋牆壁；沿牆排列；油漆牆壁；貼牆紙；在牆上抹灰泥◇She covered her walls with pictures of movie stars.她用電影明星的圖片貼滿了牆壁。➤face面朝牆◇She turned and faced the wall.她轉過身面對着牆。WALL + VERB➤stand牆立着➤collapse, fall, fall down牆塌；牆倒▸➤enclose sth, surround sth牆圍繞着某物；牆包圍着某物➤separate sth牆隔離了某物◇There was a wall separating the two garages.一堵牆將兩個車庫隔開了。➤face sth牆對着某物◇the wall facing the door對着門的牆壁WALL + NOUN➤clock, light掛鐘；壁燈➤plug, socket牆上的插座▸➤unit組合壁櫥➤safe嵌式保險櫃▸➤art, covering, decoration, hanging, painting, panel, tile牆體藝術；牆面裝修材料；牆壁裝飾；牆帷；壁畫；護牆板；牆面磚➤space牆面PREPOSITION➤against a/the wall靠着牆◇She leaned against the wall.她斜靠着牆。➤behind a/the wall在牆後面◇Nobody can see behind the wall.沒人能看到這面牆的後面。➤on a/the wall在牆上◇She hung the photos on the wall.她把照片掛在牆上。➤wall along沿着⋯的牆◇the wall along the seafront沿着海岸的防波堤➤wall around, wall round (especially BrE) 環繞⋯的牆◇high walls around the prison監獄周圍的高牆➤wall of (figurative) 似牆的⋯◇a solid wall of fog似牆的濃霧
IELTS BNC: 577 COCA: 571
wall

noun

wall ♦︎ fence ♦︎ railing ♦︎ screen ♦︎ partitionThese are all words for structures that separate one space from another. 这些词均表示隔断、围墙。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a high / low wall / fence◆an internal wall / partition◆a perimeter wall / fence◆(a) metal / wooden fence / railings / screen / partition◆a glass screen / partition◆to erect a wall / a fence / railings / a screen / a partition◆to put up a wall / fence / screen / partition◆to build a wall / fence■ wall [countable] a long, upright solid structure, made of stone, brick or concrete, that surrounds, divides or protects an area of land; any of the upright sides of a building or room 城墙；围墙；墙壁◆a stone / brick wall石墙；砖墙◆He sat on the wall and watched the others playing.他坐在墙上看其他人玩儿。◆Hang the picture on the wall (= attach it to the wall) opposite the window.把画挂在窗户对面墙上吧。■ fence [countable] a structure made of wood or wire supported by posts that surrounds, divides or protects an area of land, for example to mark the limits of an area, to keep animals in or to keep people and animals out 栅栏；围栏◆Security guards with dogs patrolled the perimeter fence.带着警犬的保安在栅栏外围巡逻。  see also fence sth off ⇨ separate 2 ■ railing [countable, usually plural] a fence made of upright metal bars; one of these bars 金属围栏；金属栏杆◆I chained my bike to the park railings.我用链子把自行车锁在公园的围栏上了。■ screen [countable] an upright piece of furniture or equipment that is fixed or that can be moved to divide a room or to keep one area hidden or separate 屏风；隔板；帘◆The nurse put a screen around the bed.护士绕床拉了一道帘子。■ partition pɑːˈtɪʃn; NAmE pɑːrˈtɪʃn [countable] a wall or screen that separates one part of a room from another 隔断；隔扇；隔板墙◆The family had to smash through a glass partition to escape the fire.这家人只好打碎玻璃隔板逃离了火场。  see also partition ⇨ separate 2
IELTS BNC: 577 COCA: 571

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