Sammansatta former: wall | |
| Engelska | Svenska |
| be like talking to a brick wall v expr | figurative, informal (not be listened to) (bildligt) | vara som att prata med en vägg vbal uttr |
| Talking to Esther is like talking to a brick wall; neither one will listen! |
| brick wall n | (wall made of bricks) | tegelmur, tegelvägg s |
| Winston Churchill, who laid bricks as a hobby, built a tall brick wall around his house. |
cash machine, cash dispenser, hole in the wall n | UK (money dispenser) (trademark) | Bankomat s |
| uttagsautomat s |
| I'll have to get some money out of the cash machine before I can go shopping. |
| cell wall | (biology) | cellvägg s |
| drive [sb] up the wall v expr | figurative, informal (irritate [sb]) (bildlig) | gå ngn på nerverna vbal uttr |
| (bildlig) | driva ngn till vansinne vbal uttr |
| Dan's non-stop ranting about the boss is driving us all up the wall. |
drywall, dry wall, dry-wall n | US (plasterboard) | gipsvägg s |
| The contractor finally finished putting up the drywall today. |
drywall, dry-stone wall, drystone wall n | UK (stone wall built without mortar) | panelvägg s |
| The property is surrounded by a drywall. |
drywall, dry-wall n as adj | US (for use with drywall plasterboard) (förled) | gipsväggs- adj |
| Several drywall layers were used to soundproof the room. |
drywall, dry-wall n as adj | UK (built without mortar) (förled) | panelväggs- adj |
| The North of England boasts some splendid examples of drywall construction. |
drywall [sth], dry-wall [sth], dry wall [sth]⇒ vtr | US (construct using drywall) | bygga med panelvägg vbal uttr |
| Today we are going to drywall the kitchen. |
drywall, dry-wall, dry wall vi | US (construct or install drywall) | sätta in panelvägg vbal uttr |
| installera panelvägg vbal uttr |
| The workers have been drywalling for weeks now. |
firewall, fire wall, fire-wall n | figurative (computing: security program) (bildlig) | brandvägg s |
| You may have to disable your firewall to install the program. |
firewall, fire wall, fire-wall n | (fireproof wall) | brandmur, brandvägg s |
| There's a firewall between every other room in the hotel. |
the Great Wall of China, the Great Wall n | (defensive structure in China) | kinesiska muren s |
| A lot of people go to China just to see the Great Wall. |
off the wall, off-the-wall adj | figurative, informal (unusual, bizarre) | ovanlig adj |
| (vardagligt) | konstig adj |
| bisarr adj |
| Anmärkning: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun |
screw anchor (US), wall plug (UK), Rawlplug ® (UK) n | (small reinforcing rod) (ungefärlig översättning) | plugg s |
| Anmärkning: Det finns ingen exakt översättning. |
seawall, sea wall, sea-wall n | (groyne: wave barrier) | vågbrytare s |
| stone wall n | (barrier made from stone slabs or blocks) | stenvägg s |
| (byggnadsterm) | kallmur s |
| Throughout the ages, people have made stone walls to protect themselves from enemies. |
wall bed, pull-down bed n | (bed: pulls down from wall) | väggsäng s |
| säng i väggen s |
| Wall Street n | (New York financial district) | Wall Street egen |
| He works on Wall Street in New York. |
| Wall Street n | figurative (New York stock exchange) (bildlig) | Wall Street egen |
| Wall Street greeted the news as evidence that inflation is under control. |
whitewall, white-wall adj | (tyre: having white sidewalls) | vitsidig adj |
| Anmärkning: Det finns ingen exakt översättning. |