English Dictionary

brick wall

名詞

比喩的用法

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, wall. A wall made of bricks. / (figuratively) An obstacle. / (sound engineering) A type of anti-aliasing filter with a steep cutoff.

日本語の意味

レンガで作られた壁 / 障壁、または困難な障害 / （音響工学）急峻なカットオフを持つアンチエイリアシングフィルター

She climbed the brick wall to rescue the kitten stuck on the roof.

彼女は屋根に取り残された子猫を救うためにレンガの壁を登った。

意味（1）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, wall. A wall made of bricks.

意味（2）

(figuratively) An obstacle.

The investigators came up against a brick wall in their search for the missing money when they discovered it had been transferred overseas.

意味（3）

(sound engineering) A type of anti-aliasing filter with a steep cutoff.

One of the first problems with the digital audio process is the use of brick wall filters with very steep slopes for anti-aliasing and anti-imaging purposes.

意味（4）

(figuratively) Someone who is silent or unresponsive.

When mama says she doesn't talk, she means it. She's a brick wall.

brick walls （ plural ）