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| 词汇 | wall |
| 释义 | wall 1. noun ► behind the wallimprisoned US, 1989.► go over the wallto escape from prison US, 1934.► go to the wallto lose money in stock investments US, 1988.► off the wallin auction fraud, where non-existent bids are said to come from UK, 2003.► the walla maximum security prison US, 2002.► up the wallcrazy; crazed by circumstances; angry UK, 1951 2. verb to lean against the wall at a party or other social gathering US, 1997 wall in 1. wall in sth • wall sth in to surround an area with a wall: Part of the garden had been walled in, to make a sheltered spot for growing tender plants.2. wall in sth/sb • wall sth/sb in to surround an area or person: The grey tower blocks walled in the space completely. The shopkeeper sat behind his counter, walled in by racks of cheap watches, pens, and cassettes.3. wall yourself in if you wall yourself in, you put yourself in a position where you are no longer free to change what you are doing: The bureaucrats were prisoners of their own system. They had walled themselves in. wall off 1. wall off sth • wall sth off usually passive to build a wall around or in front of something to separate it from the surrounding area: The garden was walled off to protect it from the wind. Several of the caves have been walled off with rocks or bits of old timber.2. wall off sb/sth • wall sb/sth off usually passive to keep someone or something completely separate from other people, things, countries etc: It had clearly been Dad's intention to wall off his past entirely.+ from Burma was effectively walled off from the rest of the outside world. The drug works by walling off the bacteria from the other cells, so that they cannot affect the rest of the body wall up 1. wall up sth • wall sth up usually passive to fill an entrance, window etc with bricks, stone etc so that it is completely blocked: The only doorway had been walled up long ago. Two of the windows were walled up, and there was very little natural light.■ SIMILAR TO: brick up/in2. wall up sb • wall sb up usually passive to completely enclose someone in a small space by building a wall to block the entrance, so that they cannot escape and will certainly die: the ghost of an unfortunate woman who was walled up in a small room and left to starve to death When the house was demolished, two complete skeletons were found walled up in the basement.
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