walled

wall

W0017400 (wôl)n.1. An upright structure of masonry, wood, plaster, or other building material serving to enclose, divide, or protect an area, especially a vertical construction forming an inner partition or exterior siding of a building.2. often walls A continuous structure of masonry or other material forming a rampart and built for defensive purposes.3. A structure of stonework, concrete, or other material built to retain a flow of water.4. a. Something resembling a wall in appearance, function, or construction, as the exterior surface of a body organ or part: the abdominal wall.b. Something resembling a wall in impenetrability or strength: a wall of silence; a wall of fog.c. An extreme or desperate condition or position, such as defeat or ruin: driven to the wall by poverty.5. Sports The vertical surface of an ocean wave in surfing.tr.v. walled, wall·ing, walls 1. To enclose, surround, or fortify with or as if with a wall: wall up an old window. See Synonyms at enclose.2. To divide or separate with or as if with a wall. Often used with off: wall off half a room.3. To confine or seal behind a wall; immure: "I determined to wall [the body] up in the cellar" (Edgar Allan Poe).4. To block or close (an opening or passage, for example) with or as if with a wall.Idioms: off the wall Slang 1. Extremely unconventional.2. Without foundation; ridiculous: an accusation that is really off the wall. up the wall Slang Into a state of extreme frustration, anger, or distress: tensions that are driving me up the wall. writing/handwriting on the wall An ominous indication of the course of future events: saw the writing on the wall and fled the country.

[Middle English, from Old English weall, from Latin vallum, palisade, from vallus, stake. Idiom, in reference to an incident in the Bible (Daniel 5) in which a hand writes mysterious words on the wall of Belshazzar's banquet hall and the prophet Daniel interprets them as predicting the king's downfall.]

wall′less adj.

walled

(wɔld)

adj. 1. having walls (often used in combination): a high-walled prison. 2. enclosed or fortified with a wall: a walled city.

Translations

有城墙的

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

单词	walled
释义	walled wall W0017400 (wôl)n.1. An upright structure of masonry, wood, plaster, or other building material serving to enclose, divide, or protect an area, especially a vertical construction forming an inner partition or exterior siding of a building.2. often walls A continuous structure of masonry or other material forming a rampart and built for defensive purposes.3. A structure of stonework, concrete, or other material built to retain a flow of water.4. a. Something resembling a wall in appearance, function, or construction, as the exterior surface of a body organ or part: the abdominal wall.b. Something resembling a wall in impenetrability or strength: a wall of silence; a wall of fog.c. An extreme or desperate condition or position, such as defeat or ruin: driven to the wall by poverty.5. Sports The vertical surface of an ocean wave in surfing.tr.v. walled, wall·ing, walls 1. To enclose, surround, or fortify with or as if with a wall: wall up an old window. See Synonyms at enclose.2. To divide or separate with or as if with a wall. Often used with off: wall off half a room.3. To confine or seal behind a wall; immure: "I determined to wall [the body] up in the cellar" (Edgar Allan Poe).4. To block or close (an opening or passage, for example) with or as if with a wall.Idioms: *off the wall* Slang 1. Extremely unconventional.2. Without foundation; ridiculous: an accusation that is really off the wall. *up the wall* Slang Into a state of extreme frustration, anger, or distress: tensions that are driving me up the wall. *writing/handwriting* on the wall** An ominous indication of the course of future events: saw the writing on the wall and fled the country. [Middle English, from Old English weall, from Latin vallum, palisade, from vallus, stake. Idiom, in reference to an incident in the Bible (Daniel 5) in which a hand writes mysterious words on the wall of Belshazzar's banquet hall and the prophet Daniel interprets them as predicting the king's downfall.] wall′less adj. walled (wɔld) adj. 1. having walls (often used in combination): a high-walled prison. 2. enclosed or fortified with a wall: a walled city. Translations 有城墙的 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 EncyclopediaSeewallLegalSeeWall
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