fourth wall

基本解释

The job got frustrating once I started working up high, building the fourth wall and roof rafters.
在高空安装第四面墙和屋顶椽子的工作更令人沮丧。
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.
被脚手架像笼子一样困着的第四道围墙已经开始建造，刚好可以看见它的顶部，但与其它的不同，它的边缘参差不齐而且正在剥落。
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."
艾伦：“自我意识并不局限于‘真实世界’，在剧院中，虚构的角色常常被赋予一种形态的自我意识，这被认为是打破第四堵墙。

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