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单词 wall
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🔑 wallBrE /wɔːl/NAmE /wɔːl/ noun🔑 a long vertical solid structure, made of stone, brick or concrete, that surrounds, divides or protects an area of land 城墙;围墙;隔墙The fields were divided by stone walls. 这些田地由石墙分隔。He sat on the wall and watched the others playing. 他坐在墙头上看别人玩耍。   see also sea wall 🔑
any of the vertical sides of a building or room 墙;壁;墙壁I'm going to paint the walls white and the ceiling pink. 我打算把墙壁刷成白色,把天花板刷成粉红色。Hang the picture on the wall opposite the window. 把这张画挂在对着窗的墙上。She leaned against the wall. 她倚靠着墙。Decorating and home improvement 装饰和改善房屋

Houses 房屋

  • refurbish/renovate/ (BrE) do up a building/a house 整修/翻新/修缮楼房/房屋
  • convert a building/house/room into homes/offices/ (especially NAmE) apartments/ (BrE) flats 把楼房/房子/房间/改建成住房/办公室/公寓
  • extend/enlarge a house/building/room/kitchen 扩建/扩大房屋/楼房/房间/厨房
  • build (BrE) an extension (to the back/rear of a house)/ (NAmE) an addition (on/to sth)/ (BrE) a conservatory (在房子后面)扩建;(在某处)增建;建造暖房
  • knock down/demolish a house/home/building/wall 推倒/拆除房子/住房/楼房/墙壁
  • knock out/through the wall separating two rooms 将两个房间的隔墙打通

Decoration 装饰

  • furnish/paint/ (especially BrE) decorate a home/a house/an apartment/a flat/a room 布置/油漆/装饰住房/房子/公寓/房间
  • be decorated in bright colours/ (especially US) colors/in a traditional style/with flowers/with paintings 用明亮的色彩/传统风格/花朵/绘画装饰
  • paint/plaster the walls/ceiling 给墙壁/天花板上刷油漆/抹灰
  • hang/put up/strip off/remove the wallpaper 贴/去除墙纸
  • install/replace/remove the bathroom fixtures/ (BrE) fittings 安装/更换/拆除浴室的固定装置/附加设备
  • build/put up shelves 搭架子
  • lay wooden flooring/timber decking/floor tiles/a carpet/a patio 铺设木地板/平台木板/地砖/地毯/露台
  • put up/hang/take down a picture/painting/poster/curtain 挂上/取下图画/绘画/海报/帘子

DIY/home improvement 自己动手;房屋改造

  • do (BrE) DIY/carpentry/the plumbing/the wiring 自己动手做;做木匠活;铺设管道;铺设线路
  • make home improvements 改造房屋
  • add/install central heating/underfloor heating/insulation 添加/安装中央供暖系统/地暖系统/隔热材料
  • fit/install double-glazing/a smoke alarm 安装双层玻璃/烟雾报警器
  • insulate your house/your home/the walls/the pipes/the tanks/ (especially BrE) the loft 在房子/住房/墙壁/管道/热水箱/阁楼里加隔热装置
  • fix/repair a roof/a leak/a pipe/the plumbing/a leaking (especially BrE) tap/ (NAmE usually) faucet 维修房顶/裂缝/管子/管道系统/漏水的水龙头
  • block/clog (up)/unblock/unclog a pipe/sink 堵住/疏通管道/洗涤池
  • make/drill/fill a hole 开/钻/填一个洞
  • hammer (in)/pull out/remove a nail 锤进/拔出钉子
  • tighten/untighten/loosen/remove a screw 拧紧/拧松/拧开螺丝钉
  • saw/cut/treat/stain/varnish/paint wood 锯/切割/加工木料;给木料上色/上清漆/上油漆
something that forms a barrier or stops you from making progress 屏障;隔阂;壁垒The boat struck a solid wall of water. 船撞上一道水幕。The investigators were confronted by a wall of silence. 调查人员碰了壁,问谁谁都默不作声。the outer layer of sth hollow such as an organ of the body or a cell of an animal or a plant (身体器官或动植物细胞等的)外壁the abdominal wall 腹壁the wall of an artery 动脉血管壁
go to the ˈwall(informal) (of a company or an organization 公司或机构) to fail because of lack of money (因缺少资金)走投无路,失败,破产,陷于绝境off the ˈwall(informal) unusual and amusing; slightly crazy 奇妙的;有点儿出格的Some of his ideas are really off the wall. 他有些想法真是十分新奇。off-the-wall ideas 奇妙的想法up the ˈwall(informal) crazy or angry 发狂;愤怒That noise is driving me up the wall. 那噪音让我都快疯了。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。ˌwalls have ˈears(saying) used to warn people to be careful what they say because other people may be listening 隔墙有耳have your ˌback to the ˈwall(informal) to be in a difficult situation in which you are forced to do sth but are unable to make the choices that you would like 处于背水一战的境地;没有退路be ˈbouncing off the walls(informal) to be so full of energy or so excited that you cannot keep still 精力充沛得待不住;激动得难以平静be up against a brick ˈwallto be unable to make any progress because there is a difficulty that stops you 遇到难以逾越的障碍a fly on the ˈwalla person who watches others without being noticed 不为人觉察的观察者I'd love to be a fly on the wall when he tells her the news. 他把这消息告诉她时,我想悄悄在旁观看。fly-on-the-wall documentaries (= in which people are filmed going about their normal lives as if the camera were not there) 纪实影片these four ˈwallsused when you are talking about keeping sth secret (用于叮嘱保守秘密)到此为止Don't let this go further than these four walls (= Don't tell anyone else who is not in the room now). 走出屋外这事就不要再谈了。the ˌhandwriting on the ˈwall(NAmE) = the writing is on the wall be banging, etc. your head against a brick ˈwall(informal) to keep trying to do sth that will never be successful 用头撞墙;徒劳无益;枉费心机Trying to reason with them was like banging my head against a brick wall. 试图和他们讲道理只是白费口舌。hit a/the ˈwallto reach a point when you cannot continue or make any more progress 筋疲力尽;陷入绝境;遇到不可逾越的障碍We hit a wall and we weren't scoring. 我们已经筋疲力尽,得不到分了。the ˌwriting is on the ˈwallsee the ˌwriting on the ˈwall (NAmE also the ˌhandwriting on the ˈwall) (saying) used when you are describing a situation in which there are signs that sth is going to have problems or that it is going to be a failure (看出)厄运临头的预兆,不祥之兆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。 ORIGIN From the Bible story in which strange writing appeared on a wall during a feast given by King Belshazzar, predicting Belshazzar's death and the fall of his city. 源自《圣经》故事,伯沙撒国王大摆宴席时,墙上出现了奇怪的字迹,预言伯沙撒的死亡及其王国的覆灭。
🔑 wallBrE /wɔːl/NAmE /wɔːl/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they wall BrE /wɔːl/ NAmE /wɔːl/present simple - he / she / it walls BrE /wɔːlz/ NAmE /wɔːlz/past simple walled BrE /wɔːld/ NAmE /wɔːld/past participle walled BrE /wɔːld/ NAmE /wɔːld/ -ing form walling BrE /ˈwɔːlɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈwɔːlɪŋ/ [usually passive] ~ sthto surround an area, a town, etc. with a wall or walls 用墙把…围住a walled city 有城墙的城市 ˌwall sth↔ˈin [usually passive] to surround sth/sb with a wall or barrier 把(人或东西)围到屏障等里面ˌwall sth↔ˈoff [usually passive] to separate one place or area from another with a wall 用墙把…隔开ˌwall sb↔ˈup [usually passive] to keep sb as a prisoner behind walls 把…关在大墙后;监禁ˌwall sth↔ˈup [usually passive] to fill an opening with a wall, bricks, etc. so that you can no longer use it (用墙、砖等把通路)堵住,封死
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