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Walled describes a place that has a wall built around it — a walled garden, a walled city, a walled courtyard. It is an adjective and it goes in front of the noun; you would not usually say "the garden is walled" in ordinary speech, though it is possible.
Walled describes a place that has a wall built around it walled 是指周圍蓋了牆的地方 — a walled garden'a walled garden'(有圍牆的花園), a walled city'a walled city'(有城牆的城市), a walled courtyard'a walled courtyard'(有圍牆的庭院)。 It is an adjective它是形容詞 and而且 it goes in front of the noun放在名詞前面; you would not usually say "the garden is walled" in ordinary speech平常說話不太會說 "the garden is walled"「花園是有牆的」, though不過 it is possible這樣說也是可以的。
The word carries a feeling as well as a fact. A walled garden sounds protected, private, warm, a little secret — old English houses had them because the wall keeps the wind off and holds the sun's heat, so fruit grows better inside.
The word carries a feeling as well as a fact這個字帶有的不只是事實,還帶有一種感覺。 A walled garden'a walled garden'(有圍牆的花園) sounds protected, private, warm, a little secret聽起來讓人覺得受保護、私密、溫暖、有點神秘 — old English houses had them因為老式英國房子會有圍牆花園 because the wall keeps the wind off and holds the sun's heat因為牆能擋風、留住太陽的熱, so fruit grows better inside所以裡面的水果長得比較好。
A walled city sounds old and safe against enemies, because the wall was for defending it. So "walled" is mostly used about older things; you would not describe a new housing estate with a fence as "walled".
A walled city'a walled city'(有城牆的城市) sounds old and safe against enemies聽起來古老、能抵禦敵人, because the wall was for defending it因為那道牆是用來防禦的。 So因此 "walled" is mostly used about older things walled 大多用在比較古老的東西上; you would not describe a new housing estate with a fence as "walled"你不會把有圍籬的新建案說成 "walled"。
You will also meet it inside longer words: high-walled, thick-walled, and the useful phrase "a walled garden" now used about computers and phones, meaning a system a company keeps closed so you can only use its own apps and services inside it.
You will also meet it inside longer words你也會在比較長的字裡看到它: high-walledhigh-walled(高牆的), thick-walledthick-walled(厚牆的), and和 the useful phrase "a walled garden"常用的詞組 "a walled garden" now used about computers and phones現在也用在電腦和手機上, meaning指的是 a system a company keeps closed一個公司刻意封閉的系統 so you can only use its own apps and services inside it讓你只能在裡面使用它自己的應用程式和服務。
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
walledadj
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Pertaining to a wall; surrounded by a wall
- a walled garden
- The town of Ch’u-hsiung is walled, rather long, and possesses about 15,000 inhabitants. In the Han dynasty Ch'u-hsiung belonged to the territory of I Chou.
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Pertaining to something which has been placed into a wall, i.e., immured.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。