walls
- n.壁;墙;墙壁;围墙;城墙;屏障;壁垒;隔阂
- v.用墙把…围住
- wall的第三人称单数和复数
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N-COUNT 墙;墙壁
A wall is one of the vertical sides of a building or room.Kathryn leaned against the wall of the church...
凯瑟琳倚靠在教堂的墙上。
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...a glass-walled elevator...
玻璃壁电梯
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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.He sat on the wall in the sun...
他坐在墙上晒太阳。
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N-COUNT (中空物体的)壁，内壁
The wall of something that is hollow is its side.He ran his fingers along the inside walls of the box.
他用手指摸了摸盒子的内壁。
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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.She gazed at the wall of books...
她目不转睛地盯着书墙。
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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.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。
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See also:cavity wall;dry-stone wall;fly-on-the-wall;hole-in-the-wall;off-the-wall;retaining wall;sea wall;stonewall;wall-to-wall -
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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.The heat is driving me up the wall...
炎热快把我逼疯了。
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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.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。
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fly on the wall→ see:fly
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The old Dutch fort with its thick high walls looks virtually impregnable
古老的荷兰城堡城墙又厚又高，看起来几乎固若金汤。
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Anthony dismounted with his camera and walked away from the walls to compose a shot
安东尼拿着照相机下了车，走向离城墙更远的地方，为拍摄构图。
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Don 't let this go further than these four walls .
走出屋外这事就不要再谈了。
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Some of his ideas are really off the wall .
他有些想法真是十分新奇。
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A high wall separated our back yard from the playing field .
我们的后院和运动场之间隔着一堵高墙。
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Black walls absorb a lot of heat during the day .
黑色墙壁在白天吸收大量的热。
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They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away .
他们建了一堵墙防止土壤流失。
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It 's only a low wall ─ about a metre high .
那只不过是一堵矮墙——约一米高。
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That noise is driving me up the wall .
那噪音让我都快疯了。
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The plaster had started to come away from the wall .
灰泥已开始从墙上剥落。
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A number of thin cracks appeared in the wall .
墙上出现了许多细裂缝。
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The paper had fallen down between the desk and the wall .
那张纸掉在桌子和墙壁之间的缝隙里。
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He instructed that a wall should be built around the city .
他下令在城的周围筑一道城墙。
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He turned his back to the wall .
他转身背对着墙。
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The wall gives some protection from the prevailing wind .
这堵墙挡着常刮的风，起到一些保护作用。
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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。
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The wall is several degrees off the vertical .
这堵墙倾斜了有好几度。
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Put the piano there , against the wall .
把钢琴放在那儿，紧靠着墙。
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Every time a train went past the walls vibrated .
每当火车驶过，这些墙都会震动。
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The sea wall was not proof against the strength of the waves .
防波堤挡不住海浪的力量。
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Place the table at right angles / at a right angle to the wall .
将桌子跟墙垂直摆放。
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The boat struck a solid wall of water .
船撞上一道水幕。
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Keep left along the wall .
沿着墙靠左边走。
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The sign on the wall said ' Now wash your hands ' .
墙上的牌子上写着“请洗手”。
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It is amazing that not one of them saw the writing on the wall .
令人吃惊的是他们就没有一个人看出大难临头的预兆。
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The wall is a little out of the perpendicular .
墙壁有点倾斜。
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There was only a narrow gap between the bed and the wall .
床和墙之间只有一条窄缝。
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Share prices fell on Wall Street today .
今日纽约证券交易所的股价下跌。
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I couldn 't hear their conversation through the wall .
我隔墙听不到他们的交谈。
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She yelled at the child to get down from the wall .
她喊着让小孩从墙上下来。