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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 主要翻译 | wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (continuous surface) (连续的) | 墙,墙壁
| | In New York City, many walls are covered with graffiti. | wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (around a city, property) (城市等周围的) | 城墙,围墙
| | Lugo is beautiful with its preserved walls around the old city. | wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (creating passages) | 分界物 fēn jiè wù | | | 隔墙 gé qiáng | | The walls of the maze were too high for the mouse to see over them. | wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (anatomy: abdominal covering) (解剖学) | 壁 bì | | The walls of his small intestine were weak after his extended illness. | wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (obstacle: logistical) (比喻,项目等) | 障碍 zhàng ài | | The project ran into a wall when an accident halted production lines. | wall⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (erect a wall) | 用墙围住 yòng qiáng wéi zhù | | | 用墙隔开 yòng qiáng gé kāi | | The Soviets walled off West Berlin. | wall up [sth], wall [sth] up vtr phrasal sepphrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game." | (close off [sth]) | 封住,封锁,封闭
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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 复合形式: | be like talking to a brick wall v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative, informal (not be listened to) | 对牛弹琴
| | Talking to Esther is like talking to a brick wall; neither one will listen! | brick wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (wall made of bricks) | 砖墙 zhuān qiáng | | Winston Churchill, who laid bricks as a hobby, built a tall brick wall around his house. | cash machine, cash dispenser, hole in the wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | UK (money dispenser) | 提款机 tí kuǎn jī | | I'll have to get some money out of the cash machine before I can go shopping. | cell wall | (biology) (生物学) | 细胞壁
| climbing wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (sports equipment: wall with grips) | 攀岩墙
| dividing wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (partition) | 分隔墙 fēn gé qiáng | | | 间壁 jiàn bì | | The neighbours are in dispute over the dividing wall between their properties. The huge bookcase served as a dividing wall between the living room and the dining room. | drywall, dry wall, dry-wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | US (plasterboard) | 石膏板
| drywall, dry-stone wall, drystone wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (stone wall built without mortar) | 干砌石墙的 gān qì shí qiáng de | drywall, dry-wall n as adjnoun as adjective: Describes another noun--for example, "boat race," "dogfood." | US (built using plasterboard) | 石膏板的
| drywall, dry-wall n as adjnoun as adjective: Describes another noun--for example, "boat race," "dogfood." | (built without mortar) | 干砌石墙的 gān qì shí qiáng de | drywall [sth], dry-wall [sth], dry wall [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | US (construct using drywall) | 用石膏板建
| | | 用干砌石墙建
| drywall, dry-wall, dry wall viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | US (construct or install drywall) | 装石膏板
| | | 砌干砌石墙 qì gān qì shí qiáng | Great Wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (ancient wall in China) (中国古建筑) | 长城 cháng chéng | | A lot of people go to China just to see the Great Wall. | hit a brick wall, hit a wall v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative, informal (meet an obstacle) | 遇到障碍
| | | 遭遇瓶颈
| | If I hit a brick wall while writing, I find a thirty-minute run helps me to refocus. | hole in the wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | UK, figurative, informal (ATM, cashpoint) | 自动取款机,自动柜员机
| | I need to go to the hole in the wall to get some cash. | hole in the wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | US, figurative, informal (small unprepossessing place) | 小店铺
| off the wall, off-the-wall adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | figurative, informal (unusual, bizarre) | 奇怪的 qí guài de | | | 奇异的 qí yì de | | | 诡异的
| retaining wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (wall preventing landslide) | 挡土墙 dǎng tǔ qiáng | | | 挡墙 dǎng qiáng | screw anchor (US), wall plug, Rawlplug ® (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (small reinforcing rod) | 锚定螺栓
| seawall, sea wall, sea-wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (groyne: wave barrier) | (海岸)防波堤 hǎi àn fáng bō dī | | | 护岸堤防 hù àn dī fáng | | | 海堤 hǎi dī | stone wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (barrier made from stone slabs or blocks) | 石墙 shí qiáng | | Throughout the ages, people have made stone walls to protect themselves from enemies. | the Wailing Wall, the Western Wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (Judaism: sacred wall in Jerusalem) (耶路撒冷的犹太教圣地) | 哭墙 kū qiáng | | The Wailing Wall is a very holy place for observant Jews. | | 对于正统犹太教徒来说,哭墙是一个非常神圣的地方。 | wall bracket nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (support fitted to a wall) | 墙上托架 qiáng shàng tuō jià | | During the earthquake the wall brackets failed, dumping a shelf of books on my head. | wall clock nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (timepiece mounted on a wall) | 挂钟 guà zhōng | | This classroom needs a wall clock so that the teacher can stay on schedule. | wall hanging nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (decorative fabric piece hung on a wall) | 墙帷 qiáng wéi | | We bought several beautiful wall hangings on our trip to Peru. | wall in vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (enclose) | 筑墙围住 zhú qiáng wéi zhù | | He used bricks to wall in the garden. | wall lamp nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (wall-mounted light) | 壁灯 bì dēng | | The Victorian home has beautiful wall lamps made of bronze. | wall painting nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (mural) | 壁画 bì huà | | The CEO commissioned a wall painting for the reception area. | wall socket nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (electrical power outlet) | 壁式插座 bì shì chā zuò | | If you have an infant or toddler, it's a good idea to put covers on all the wall sockets. | Wall Street nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | literal (New York financial district) (本义) | 华尔街 huā ěr jiē | | He works on Wall Street in New York. | Wall Street nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (New York stock exchange) (比喻) | 华尔街股票交易所 huá ěr jiē gǔ piào jiāo yì suǒ | | Wall Street greeted the news as evidence that inflation is under control. | wall-mounted, wall mounted adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (hung on a wall) | 固定在墙上的
| 备注: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun | wall-to-wall adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (filling space between walls) | 墙到墙的
| | We have wall-to-wall carpeting in our flat. | wall-to-wall adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | figurative (ubiquitous, extensive) | 无孔不入的
| wall-to-wall carpet nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (fitted woven floor covering) | 铺满整个地板的地毯 pū mǎn zhěng gè dì bǎn de dì tǎn | | Every day she vacuumed the wall-to-wall carpet in the foyer. | whitewall, white-wall adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (tyre: having white sidewalls) (轮胎) | 白色胎壁的 bái sè tāi bì de | writing on the wall nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (warning sign) | 不祥之兆 bù xiáng zhī zhào | | | 凶兆 xiōng zhào | | I finally saw the writing on the wall and started thinking about retirement. |
Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: wall [ w%:l] n [c]1 [of building, room] 墙(牆) qiáng [堵 dǔ] 2 (around city) 城墙(牆) chéngqiáng (around garden, field) 围(圍)墙(牆) wéiqiáng [圈 quān] 3 (= side) [ of tunnel, cave] 内(內)壁 nèibì [ of stomach, artery] 壁 bì- to go to the wall
(inf) 破产(產) pòchǎn
wall in vt 用墙(牆)围(圍)住 yòng qiáng wéizhù |