wall off

séparer par un mur, murer

Construire un mur pour séparer ou fermer un espace.

En anglais simple : To separate or close an area by building a wall.

• They walled off the doorway.
• We walled part of the garden off for storage.
• Why did the owners wall off that room?

Comment l'utiliser : wall something off (They walled the passage off.); wall something off from something (A builder walled the kitchen off from the hall.)

Synonymes : partition, seal off

Expressions courantes : wall off something, wall off a room

isoler, couper de

Tenir quelqu’un ou quelque chose entièrement à l’écart des personnes ou des influences extérieures.

En anglais simple : To keep someone or something completely separate from outside people or influences.

• He walled himself off from his friends.
• The rules wall off local businesses from international competition.
• She had walled off her emotions after the accident.

Comment l'utiliser : wall someone/something off from something (The policy walled the country off from foreign trade.)

Synonymes : isolate, cut off

Expressions courantes : wall off someone, wall off emotions