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词汇 wall off
释义
Phr V
wall off
walls, walling, walled
wall off sth or wall sth off
to build a wall around an area to separate it from another areausually passive
The offices were walled off and patrolled by security guards.
phrasewall off1. wall off sthwall 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/sthwall 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 off

To separate, segregate, or divide someone or something by erecting a wall or similar barrier. A noun or pronoun can be used between "wall" and "off." The government walled off the section of the archives that contained information about its rise to power. They've effectively walled our department off from the rest of the company with all these boxes.

wall someone or something off

to separate or segregate someone or something by building a wall. She sat right across from me at her desk, listening to every phone call I made. Finally, the manager walled her off so we now can carry on our business in privacy. They walled off the south door to the building.

wall something off (from someone or something)

to deny access to an area by building a wall as a barrier. The manager was told to wall the incinerator area off from the machinery area. Please wall off the incinerator area.

wall off

v.
To divide or separate something with or as if with a wall: We walled off part of the room. The school walled the students off from the outside world.
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