fourth wall

基本解釋

The job got frustrating once I started working up high, building the fourth wall and roof rafters.
在高空安裝第四面墻和屋頂椽子的工作更令人沮喪。
Caged in scaffolding, the beginnings of a fourth wall are just visible at the top but unlike the rest, its edges are jagged and crumbling.
被腳手架像籠子一樣困著的第四道圍墻已經(jīng)開始建造，剛好可以看見它的頂部，但與其它的不同，它的邊緣參差不齊而且正在剝落。
Ellen : "Self-awareness is not confined to the 'real world'. In theater, fictional characters are sometimes given a form of self-awareness. This is known as breaking the fourth wall."
艾倫：“自我意識并不局限于‘真實世界’，在劇院中，虛構(gòu)的角色常常被賦予一種形態(tài)的自我意識，這被認為是打破第四堵墻。

Wall Street cheered Friday following an upbeat fourth quarter report from the Commerce Department showing the U.S.economy grew at the fastest pace in more than six years.

Diners are often so disarmed by the food that they break the fourth wall to consult with their neighbors.
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Muppets have always broken the fourth wall.
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an imaginary wall that separates the audience from the action of a stage play or film, which is said to be broken when an actor talks directly to the audience or starts talking as themselves rather than as their character