词组 | wall up |
释义 | 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/in 2. 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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