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wall1 /wɔːl $ wɒːl/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable]  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 → fencestone/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。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。n6. Internet an area on a website such as Facebook where other people can leave messages and comments about you7  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 English 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。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。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。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。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。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。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 → 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-walln THESAURUSwall an upright flat structure made of stone or brick, that divides one area from another or surrounds an areaThe estate is surrounded by high stone walls.a brick wallfence a structure made of wood, metal etc that surrounds a piece of landThe garden was surrounded by an old wooden fence.the chain link fence around the schoolrailings a metal fence that is made of a series of upright barsthe iron railings in front of the houseThe 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 directionA 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 anotherthe screen around his hospital beda Japanese bamboo screena fire screen (=that you put near a fire)partition a thin wall that separates one part of a room from anotherThe 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 protestThe 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 verb AROUND/ROUNDto surround an open area with walls 用墙围住2 wall something ↔ off phrasal verb SEPARATEto keep one area or room separate from another, by building a wall 用墙隔开 The control room is walled off by soundproof glass. 控制室是用隔音玻璃隔起来的。3 wall somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb a) a) TBCto fill in an entrance, window etc with bricks or stone 用砖石堵上〔通道、窗等〕 The entrance had long since been walled up. 入口处早就被堵死了。 b) to fill in all the entrances and windows of a place so that someone cannot get out 封死〔入口或窗户〕b) SCJPRISONto keep someone as a prisoner in a building 监禁，囚禁→ See Verb tableFrom Longman Business Dictionarywallwall /wɔːlwɒːl/ nounFINANCE1go to the wall if a business goes to the wall, it fails, especially because of financial difficultiesOne 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 fallBooming car sales in Germany hit a wall in August, plummeting 40%. → see also Chinese wall, party wallOrigin wall1 Old English weall

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wall¹ S1 W1 /wɔːl $ wɒːl/ noun [countable]1.  AROUND AN AREA an upright flat structure made of stone or brick, that divides one area from another or surrounds an area ⇨ fence
    stone/brick/concrete wall
    The estate is surrounded by high stone walls.
    city/garden etc wall
    the ancient city walls
    the Great Wall of China
    We climbed over the wall into the orchard.
2.  IN A BUILDING one of the sides of a room or building
    on the wall
    I put some pictures up on the walls.
    Bob leaned against the wall.
    bedroom/kitchen etc wall
    We decided to paint the bathroom walls blue.
3.  BODY the side of something hollow, especially within the body:
    The walls of the blood vessels had been damaged.
    cell walls
4. wall of fire/water etc a tall mass of something such as fire or water, that stops anything from getting past:
    The boat was hit by a wall of water.
5. wall of silence/secrecy a situation in which nobody will tell you what you want to know:
    The police investigation was met with a wall of silence.
6. up the wall spoken very angry or annoyed:
    That noise is driving me up the wall (=making me annoyed).
    go up the wall British English:
    I’ve got to be on time or Sarah will go up the wall.
7. off the wall informal very strange or unusual, often in an amusing way:
    Some of Krista’s ideas are a little off the wall.
8. go to the wall informal if a company goes to the wall, it fails, especially because of financial difficulties:
    Many small investors will go to the wall.
9. these four walls spoken the room that you are in, especially considered as a private place:
    I don’t want anything repeated outside these four walls.
10. be/come up against a (brick) wall to reach a point where you cannot make progress, especially because something or someone is stopping you:
    We seem to have come up against a brick wall in this investigation.
11. be climbing/crawling (up) the walls informal 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:
    The kids soon had him climbing the walls.
12. walls have ears used to warn people to be careful what they say, because other people, especially enemies, could be listening
13. hit the wall informal to reach the point when you are most physically tired when doing a sport
⇨ have your back to/against the wall at back²(21), ⇨ be (like) banging your head against a brick wall at head(31), ⇨ like talking to a brick wall at talk¹(15), ⇨ the writing is on the wall at writing(8), ⇨ off-the-wall
     

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.

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wall² verb
     
wall something ↔ in phrasal verb
  to surround an open area with walls
wall something ↔ off phrasal verb
  to keep one area or room separate from another, by building a wall:
    The control room is walled off by soundproof glass.
wall somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb
  1.
  a. to fill in an entrance, window etc with bricks or stone:
    The entrance had long since been walled up.
  b. to fill in all the entrances and windows of a place so that someone cannot get out
  2. to keep someone as a prisoner in a building