English → Chinese
wall
/BrE wɔːl 
, AmE wɔl /
A noun
1 (side of room, building) 墙壁;
an inside/outside wall 内墙／外墙;
the front/back wall 前墙／后墙;
these four walls 这四堵墙 [尤指私密的处所];
what I'm telling you should remain within these four walls 我现在跟你说的话不得外传;
to drive sb up the wall informal 逼得某人受不了;
to go up the wall informal (become exasperated) 非常恼火; (become crazy) 发狂;
to be a fly on the wall figurative 暗中旁观;
to be off the wall informal «person, idea» 滑稽古怪;
walls have ears proverb 隔墙有耳;
to push or drive sb/sth to the wall informal (cause problems for) 使某人／某事物陷入困境; (bankrupt) 使某人／某机构破产;
to have sb up against the wall 使某人走投无路;
to go to the wall informal «company» 破产;
to have one's back to the wall informal 被逼得没有退路;
a wall clock 挂钟;
wall tiles/lighting 壁砖／墙照明
2 (barrier) 围墙;
to build a wall 筑围墙;
the walls of the city 城墙
3 (side of hollow structure) 内壁
4 (outer layer) [器官或细胞的] 外壁
5 (of tyre) 轮胎壁
6 (in football) 人墙
7 (large number) (of people) 人墙; (of things) 墙状物;
a wall of protesters 抗议者的人墙;
the cliffs form a steep wall 悬崖像墙一样陡峭;
a wall of water/flame 水幕／火墙
8 (non-physical barrier) 隔阂;
a wall of suspicion/hostility; 怀疑／敌意的隔阂
B transitive verb
用墙围住 ‹area›
Phrasal verbs
● wall in
transitive verb
[wall sb/sth in, wall in sb/sth] 围住 ‹person, area›;
the lagoon is walled in by tall cliffs 潟湖被高耸的悬崖环绕着
● wall off
transitive verb
[wall sth off, wall off sth] 1 (block off) 用墙把…封死 ‹area, room›
2 (separate) 用墙把…隔开 ‹area, land›
● wall up:
transitive verb
1 [wall sth up, wall up sth] (block up) 用墙把…堵住 ‹doorway, fireplace›
2 [wall sb up, wall up sb] (imprison) 把…关在高墙后 ‹prisoner›