| 词汇 | wall in |
| 释义 | phrasewall in1. 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 in1. To barricade, imprison, or enclose someone or something inside of some place. Often used in passive constructions. A noun or pronoun can be used between "wall" and "in." It was discovered that the guerillas had been walling in prisoners in the caves that overlook their encampment. Previous owners had walled in a child's bedroom at the back of the house, preserved exactly as it had been used back then. 2. To be like or act as a large wall that encircles or surrounds someone or something. Often used in passive constructions. A noun or pronoun can be used between "wall" and "in." Huge redwood trees wall in the tiny village, and they have remained completely cut off from the outside world for hundreds of years. The country is walled in by a vast mountain range. wall someone or something into contain someone or something behind or within a wall. (Implies a constriction of space, but not necessarily an inescapable area. See wall something up.) The count walled his prisoner in permanently. Jane decided to wall in the little garden at the side of the house. She walled the garden in. wall inv. To enclose, surround, or fortify something with or as if with a wall: We walled in the back stairway so that it couldn't be seen. The soldiers walled the fort in with logs. The valley was walled in by mountains. |
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