wall /wo:1/ noun, verb
m noun
1 a
long vertical solid structure, made of stone, brick or concrete, that
surrounds, divides or protects an area of land if ; H i#: The fields were
divided by stone waifs. M ^ 0 0 He sat on the wall
and watched the others
playing. Ifc i# lf$] A in Mo — picture c> fence
— see also sea wall 2 any of the
vertical sides of a building or room ij|; it; ijflt: I’m going to paint the
walls white and the ceiling pink. Us JCXIWJMlfeo 0 Hang the picture on
the wall opposite the window.
Hi(ftif ±0 <> She leaned against the
wall. Mff fill $w 0 3 something that forms a barrier or stops you
from making progress ^ ;
Pi ; H £ : The boat struck a
solid wall of water. fit i: — if ;K H 0 o The investigators were confronted by a wall
of silence. iH g AMiTi, 4 the outer layer of
sth hollow such as an
organ of the body or a cell of an animal or a plant ( ) £H8i:
the abdominal wall 061o the wall of an artery
tfoJ$c JftLHH
IR71 go to the 'wall (informal) (of a company or
an organization $ft f£|) to fail because
of lack of
money ( AKA PSX&ig
off the 'wall (informal) unusual and amusing;
slightly crazy Eft; A M J L ft
fa Eft: Some of his ideas are
really off the wall. #, If & B M A ft fr ■ 0 off-the-wall ideas £ft up
the 'wall (informal) crazy or angry That noise is driving
me up
the wall. gpf^^ihfic^'IA^To 0 I mustn’t be late or
Dad will go up the wall.
,
Eft0 .walls have 'ears (saying) used to warn people
to be careful what they say because other people may be listening PiJfg^f^ —
more at back n., bounce v., brick
n., FLY n., FOUR, HANDWRITING,
HEAD /?., WRITING mverb [VN] [usually passive]
to surround an area, a town, etc. with a wall or walls ffl iftlE ••• 11 f±: a walled city Tf M if Eft $ A rJTTiV] .wall sth^'in [usually passive] to
surround sth/sb with a wall or barrier IE ( As&XM ) 515iJ P M ffi .wall stfv^'off [usually passive] to
separate one place or area from another with a wall Rj if ffi-PiJF .wall sb~'up [usually passive] to
keep sb as a prisoner behind walls #“••• ATEAlft Jjj; .wall sth~
'up [usually passive] to
fill an opening with a wall, bricks, etc. so that you can no longer use it (
fljijtK
m) *m, .
wal-laby /'wnlabi; NAmE 'wa:l-/ noun {pi. -ies) an Australian animal
like a small kangaroo, that moves
by jumping on its strong back legs and keeps its young in a pouch (= a pocket of skin) on the front
of the mother’s body £>^1®. ( AXMAf'JM )
wallah /'wnla; NAmE 'wa:la/ noun (informal or IndE) a person connected
with a particular job A — AW
A; AUi^-lMA: Office
wallahs ’wall anchor noun (NAmE) = Rawlplug wall-chart /'woiltjait; NAmE -tjairt/ noun a large piece of
paper on which there is information, fixed to a wall for people to look at j§@]
wallcov-er-ing/'woilkAvarir)/ noun [U, C] wallpaper or cloth used to decorate the
walls in a room MM if H
ift^ifij; it £8;
wallet
O-w/'wnlit;
NAmE 'warl-; 'wo:l-/ noun
1 {NAmE also billfold) a small flat folding
case made of leather or plastic used for keeping paper money and credit cards
in ( &AA
— picture o purse
2 a flat leather, plastic or cardboard case for carrying documents in ( ii'rHAITfflEft ) MI4A, a document wallet
wallflower /'W3:lflaua(r)/ noun 1 a garden plant with
yellow, orange or red flowers with a sweet smell that appear in late spring
HIT# ( — # Soffit),
, M M, Klil -fe
) 2 (informal) a person who does not dance at a party because
they do not have sb to dance with or because they are too shy ( HAg£HAX
walling /'woilir)/ noun [U] 1 material from which a
wall is built ®if stone walling ffijif 2 the act or
skill of building a wall or walls 5®if; Hif; a firm that does paving and walling Eft^^l
.wall-'mounted adj. fixed
onto a wall [IIae-ftfiXEft: wall-mounted lights HAT wallop/'wDlap; NAmE'wail-/ noun, verb a noun [sing.] {informal) a heavy
powerful hit M IT; SiX a verb [VN] {informal) 1 to hit
sb/sth very hard fj; SiX EW?1 thump 2 to defeat
sb completely in a contest, match, etc. ( t) 'fMXlA Aft. HE]
thrash: We walloped them 6-0. fc{|]IA
6:0 jEiMlfTt#
wallop-ing/'wnlapirj; NAmE’wail-/ noun, adj. {informal)
• noun [usually sing.] 1 a heavy defeat A; 'I#FA: Our team got a real walloping last week.
Mo 2 an act of hitting sb very
hard several times, often as a punishment (
■
adj. [only before noun] very big jSA(tfJ;
§lA(HJ : They had to pay a
walloping great fine. ftMH X # X “ A ^
m.o
wallow /'wnlau; NAmE 'wailou/ verb, noun mverb [V] ~ (in sth) 1 (of large animals or people
A^J^I^c A) to lie and roll about in water or mud, to keep cool or for pleasure
( pi. /KM ) fT M, ; hippos wallowing in
the river f£ M ynj
S,. 0 He loves to wallow in
a hot bath after a game. TfeA XHlA1IXA]&A^/K#o 2 (often disapproving) to enjoy
sth that causes you pleasure TlS ; tptyf : She
wallowed in the luxury of the hotel. f WfTATo
Oto wallow in despair/self-pity
{= to think about your unhappy feelings all
the time and seem to be enjoying them) PSA£feH; a noun [sing.] an act of wallowing ( KMfitl ) tT
'MWiM, pigs
having a wallow in the mud
’wall
painting noun a picture painted straight onto the
surface of a wall H® wallpaper/’wo:lpeip0(r)/ noun, verb « noun [U] 1
thick paper, often with a pattern on it,
used for covering the walls and ceiling of a room H ifc; 1# wallpaper paste 0 a roll of wallpaper
— O to hang wallpaper H2 (computing if)
the background pattern or picture that you choose to have on your computer
screen HAS;
■
verb (also paper) [VN, V]
to put wallpaper onto the walls of a room ( MMitJt ) MU£8;
’wall
plug noun =
Rawlplug
Wall
Street noun [U] the
^jcBFJrFJrfEMk ) : Share
prices fell on Wall Street today. A H
quickly to the news.
’wall tent noun {NAmE) = frame tent .wall-to-’wall adj. [only before noun] 1 covering
the floor of a room completely M M M A M : wall-to-wall
carpets/carpeting H fi ® A Jf!l A
W Jft S 2 {informal)
continuous; happening or existing all the
time or everywhere wall-to-wall
TV sports coverage
wally /'wnli; NAmE 'waili/ noun {pi. -ies) {BrE, informal) a stupid
person H/H;
walnut
/'woilnAt/ noun 1 [C] the
light brown nut of the walnut tree that has a rough surface and a hard round
shell in two halves — picture c> nut 2
(also
'walnut
tree) [C] the tree on which walnuts grow ; #] Kfe W 3 [U] the brown wood of the walnut tree,
used in making furniture A; ^ life A walrus /'woilres/
noun an animal
like a large seal (= a sea animal with thick
fur, that eats fish and lives around coasts), that has two long outer teeth
called tusks and lives in Arctic regions %% ( A
)
— picture o seal
.walrus
mou'stache noun {informal) a long thick moustache that hangs down on each side of the
mouth mnMff {wm o
Walter
Mitty /.wo:lt0(r)
'miti/ noun a person
who imagines that their life is full of excitement and adventures when it is in
fact just ordinary /] ^ X