墙壁的英文为wall，其英式读音为[w?l]，美式读音为[w?l]。wall可作名词和及物动词两种词性，基本含义除了“墙壁”之外，还可指“城墙”、“围墙”、“屏障”、“壁垒”、“用墙把……围住”等含义。

1、作为名词时，意为墙;壁;墙壁;城墙;围墙;屏障;隔阂;壁垒。

例句：The fields were pided by stone walls.

这些田地由石墙分隔。

He sat on the wall and watched the others playing.

他坐在墙头上看别人玩耍。

I’m going to paint the walls white and the ceiling pink.

我打算把墙壁刷成白色，把天花板刷成粉红色。

The boat struck a solid wall of water.

船撞上一道水幕。

Kathryn leaned against the wall of the church…

凯瑟琳倚靠在教堂的墙上。

He sat on the wall in the sun…

他坐在墙上晒太阳。

He ran his fingers along the inside walls of the box.

他用手指摸了摸盒子的内壁。

She gazed at the wall of books…

她目不转睛地盯着书墙。

A high wall separated our back yard from the playing field.

我们的后院和运动场之间隔着一堵高墙。

A number of thin cracks appeared in the wall.

墙上出现了许多细裂缝。

The paper had fallen down between the desk and the wall.

那张纸掉在桌子和墙壁之间的缝隙里。

2、作为及物动词时，意为用墙把……围住。

例句：The heat is driving me up the wall…

炎热快把我逼疯了。

Sitting at home would only have had him climbing the walls with frustration.

呆在家里只会让他沮丧得抓狂。

Even quite big companies are going to the wall these days.

现如今甚至有些大公司也濒临破产。