wall-to-wall

(wôl′tə-wôl′)adj.1. Completely covering a floor: wall-to-wall carpeting.2. Informal a. Present or spreading throughout an entire area: wall-to-wall people at the reception.b. Found everywhere or including everything; pervasive: wall-to-wall luxury.n. A carpet that completely covers a floor.

wall-to-wall

adj 1. (Building) (of carpeting) completely covering a floor 2. informal as far as the eye can see; widespread: wall-to-wall sales in the high-street shops.

wall′-to-wall′

adj. 1. covering the entire floor from one wall to another. 2. Informal. occupying a space or period of time completely: a floor with wall-to-wall dancers. 3. Informal. being available everywhere; full of something specified: a town with wall-to-wall gambling. n. 4. a wall-to-wall carpet. [1945–50]

Translations

wall

(woːl) noun1. something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something. There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.墙2. any of the sides of a building or room. One wall of the room is yellow – the rest are white.墙壁 verb (often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall. We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out.用墙围住walled adjectivea walled city.有城墙的-walled having (a certain type or number of) wall(s). a high-walled garden.有...墙的ˈwallpaper noun paper used to decorate interior walls of houses etc. My wife wants to put wallpaper on the walls but I would rather paint them.壁纸 verb to put such paper on. I have wallpapered the front room.糊壁纸ˌwall-to-ˈwall adjective (of a carpet etc) covering the entire floor of a room etc. 墙到墙的，整个地板铺满的 have one's back to the wall to be in a desperate situation. The army in the south have their backs to the wall, and are fighting a losing battle.处于绝境up the wall crazy. This business is sending/driving me up the wall!陷入困境

wall-to-wall

Describing something that fills an entire area. Since we're about to move, our living room is just wall-to-wall boxes right now.

wall-to-wall (with) something

Fig. covered with something in all places. (From wall-to-wall carpeting.) The hallway is wall-to-wall with Jimmy's toys. The beach was wall-to-wall tourists.

wall-to-wall

1 (of a carpet or other floor covering) fitted to cover an entire floor. 2 of great extent or number; allowing no unfilled space or interval. informal 2 1982 Sara Paretsky Indemnity Only Why would he agree to see me? He'd never heard of me, he has wall-to-wall appointments.

wall-to-wall

mod. expansive and comprehensive. (From wall-to-wall carpeting.) Old Tom is wall-to-wall hostility these days. What’s wrong?

wall-to-wall

Completely covering available space. This expression, from about 1930, originally referred to carpeting that covered the entire floor of a room, and it still does. However, from about 1960 it was being used figuratively, and usually hyperbolically—for example, “A respite from wall-to-wall Mozart on radios” (The Listener, April 19, 1973).

单词	wall-to-wall
释义	wall-to-wall wall-to-wall (wôl′tə-wôl′)adj.1. Completely covering a floor: wall-to-wall carpeting.2. Informal a. Present or spreading throughout an entire area: wall-to-wall people at the reception.b. Found everywhere or including everything; pervasive: wall-to-wall luxury.n. A carpet that completely covers a floor. wall-to-wall adj 1. (Building) (of carpeting) completely covering a floor 2. informal as far as the eye can see; widespread: wall-to-wall sales in the high-street shops. wall′-to-wall′ adj. 1. covering the entire floor from one wall to another. 2. Informal. occupying a space or period of time completely: a floor with wall-to-wall dancers. 3. Informal. being available everywhere; full of something specified: a town with wall-to-wall gambling. n. 4. a wall-to-wall carpet. [1945–50] Translations wall (woːl) noun1. something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something. There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall. 牆墙2. any of the sides of a building or room. One wall of the room is yellow – the rest are white. 牆壁墙壁 verb (often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall. We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out. 用牆圍住用墙围住walled adjectivea walled city. 有城牆的有城墙的-walled having (a certain type or number of) wall(s). a high-walled garden. 有(特定種類或數量)牆的有...墙的ˈwallpaper noun paper used to decorate interior walls of houses etc. My wife wants to put wallpaper on the walls but I would rather paint them. 壁紙壁纸 verb to put such paper on. I have wallpapered the front room. 貼壁紙糊壁纸ˌwall-to-ˈwall adjective (of a carpet etc) covering the entire floor of a room etc. 墙到墙的，整个地板铺满的 have one's back to the wall to be in a desperate situation. The army in the south have their backs to the wall, and are fighting a losing battle. 走投無路处于绝境up the wall crazy. This business is sending/driving me up the wall! 發狂陷入困境 wall-to-wall wall-to-wall Describing something that fills an entire area. Since we're about to move, our living room is just wall-to-wall boxes right now. wall-to-wall (with) something Fig. covered with something in all places. (From wall-to-wall carpeting.) The hallway is wall-to-wall with Jimmy's toys. The beach was wall-to-wall tourists. wall-to-wall 1 (of a carpet or other floor covering) fitted to cover an entire floor. 2 of great extent or number; allowing no unfilled space or interval. informal 2 1982 Sara Paretsky Indemnity Only Why would he agree to see me? He'd never heard of me, he has wall-to-wall appointments. wall-to-wall mod. expansive and comprehensive. (From wall-to-wall carpeting.) Old Tom is wall-to-wall hostility these days. What’s wrong? wall-to-wall Completely covering available space. This expression, from about 1930, originally referred to carpeting that covered the entire floor of a room, and it still does. However, from about 1960 it was being used figuratively, and usually hyperbolically—for example, “A respite from wall-to-wall Mozart on radios” (The Listener, April 19, 1973). EncyclopediaSeewallLegalSeeWallAcronymsSeeW-2-W
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