wall

壁

部屋を囲んだり、部屋同士を区切ったりする建物の垂直な部分。

やさしい英語で： An upright part of a building that surrounds a room or separates rooms.

• The wall is white.
• She hung pictures on the walls.
• We removed a wall to make the kitchen bigger.

よく使う表現： bedroom wall, paint a wall, wall of something, outside wall

塀、壁

場所を区切ったり、人や物の侵入を防いだりする高く丈夫な構造物。

やさしい英語で： A high solid structure that separates areas or keeps people or things out.

• A wall divides the two gardens.
• They built a high wall around the factory.
• The children climbed over the wall.

類義語： barrier

よく使う表現： garden wall, stone wall, boundary wall

城壁

町や城を囲み、攻撃から守る丈夫な壁。

やさしい英語で： A strong structure around a city or castle that protects it from attack.

• Soldiers stood on the castle wall.
• The old city walls still survive.
• The attackers broke through the northern wall.

類義語： rampart

よく使う表現： city wall, castle wall, defensive wall

壁で囲む

壁を作って場所を囲んだり、閉ざしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To surround an area or close it off by building solid barriers.

• They walled the garden with stone.
• The courtyard was walled on three sides.
• Workers walled off the dangerous part of the building.

使い方： wall something in (They walled the garden in to keep animals out.); wall something off (The builders walled off the unused room.)

類義語： enclose

よく使う表現： wall something in, wall something off, wall a garden

壁抜きする

ゲームで、壁などの障害物越しに別のプレイヤーを撃つ。

やさしい英語で： In a video game, to shoot another player through a solid barrier.

• I walled the enemy hiding inside.
• She walled me before I could escape.
• You can wall opponents with this weapon.

類義語： wallbang

よく使う表現： wall an enemy, wall someone