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wall
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walllike
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- wall
[wɔːl]
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1.
noun
[of building]
[ room]
墙
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2.
noun
(around city) 城墙
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3.
noun
(around garden，field) 围墙
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4.
noun
[of tunnel]
[ cave]
(side) 内壁
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5.
noun
[of stomach]
[ artery]
壁
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to go to the wall
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[inf] 破产
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- wall
[wɔːl]
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1.
n.[c]
墙，墙壁
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The south wall had a small window.
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南墙上有个小窗户。
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The walls were covered with pictures.
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那些墙壁上贴着图画。
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2.
n.[c]
[Figurative]
屏障，隔层
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Negotiations ran into a brick wall.
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谈判遇到了阻碍。
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3.
n.[c]
[Anatomy]
内壁
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4.
n.[c]
[Figurative]
困境，绝境
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Competition was pushing them to the wall.
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竞争将他们逼到了绝境。
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His back was to the wall.
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他背靠着墙。
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5.
n.[c]
石壁，岩壁
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6.
n.[c]
壁，内壁
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The container's walls were blue.
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那个容器的器壁是蓝色的。
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The walls of the cylinder were perforated.
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那个滚筒的筒壁上被凿了些孔。
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7.
n.[c]
围墙
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He ducked behind the garden wall and waited.
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他躲伏在花园墙壁后面等着。
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The wall followed the road.
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那堵墙依路而筑。
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8.
n.[c]
堡垒，防御墙
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They blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down.
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他们吹响喇叭，那些墙开始倒塌。
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9.
vt.
筑墙围住；包围
Collins English-English Dictionary
- wall
[wɔːl]
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n
[anatomy]
any lining, membrane, or investing part that encloses or bounds a bodily cavity or structure paries
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abdominal wall
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2.
n
a vertical construction made of stone, brick, wood, etc, with a length and height much greater than its thickness, used to enclose, divide, or support
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3.
n
(as modifier)
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wall hangings
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4.
n
[often plural]
a structure or rampart built to protect and surround a position or place for defensive purposes
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5.
n
[mountaineering]
a vertical or almost vertical smooth rock face
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6.
n
anything that suggests a wall in function or effect
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a wall of fire
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a wall of prejudice
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7.
n
See off-the-wall
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8.
n
See wall-to-wall
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9.
vt.
[tr]
to protect, provide, or confine with or as if with a wall
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10.
vt.
[often foll by up]
to block (an opening) with a wall
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11.
vt.
[often foll by in or up]
to seal by or within a wall or walls
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12.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English weall, from Latin vallum palisade, from vallus stake
Examples
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wall-to-wall carpeting
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全地板地毯
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wall-to-wall health care
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全面的保健护理
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At rush hour the subway has wall-to-wall people.
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高峰时间地铁里挤满了人。
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I need a wall-to-wall carpet for my bedroom.
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我要一张覆盖整个卧室的地毯。
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A second medieval wall butts the earlier wall.
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第二条中世纪的墙壁紧邻着早先的那段墙。
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wall-to-wall sales in the high street shops
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Along the wall there is a hedge.
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沿墙有一排树篱。
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a bearing wall
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承重墙
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