wedge
美音:
[wedʒ
]英音:
[wedʒ
]n.楔 vt.楔入,楔进
难易程度:
wedge为六级词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:wedged 过去分词:wedged 现在分词:wedging 第三人称单数:wedges
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wedge
/wedʒ; wɛdʒ/
n
1 (a) piece of wood or metal that is thick at one end and narrows at the other to a sharp edge, used eg to split wood or rock, to widen an opening or to keep things apart 劈; 尖劈; 楔子.
(b) thing shaped like or used as a wedge 形状或用途似尖劈之物
*a wedge of cake, cheese, etc, ie a piece cut from a large round cake, cheese, etc 一角蛋糕、乾酪等.
2 (idm 习语) drive a wedge between A and B => drive1. the thin end of the wedge => thin.
v
1 [Tn, Cn.a] fix (sth) firmly or force (sth) apart using a wedge 用楔子 牢; 用尖劈劈开
*The window doesn't stay closed unless you wedge it. 这扇窗户关不严, 得用楔子 上了.
* wedge a door open 用楔子抵住门让门敞开.
2 [Tn.pr, Tn.p] pack or thrust (sth/sb/oneself) tightly into a space 将(某物[某人])塞入或插入某空间
*wedge packing material into the spaces round the vase 用填料把花瓶周围楦好
* I was so tightly wedged between two other passengers, I couldn't get off the bus. 我紧紧夹在两个乘客中间下不了公共汽车了.
1. The sun´s rays could not wedge their way through the barrage of foliage. 阳光透不过树叶的屏障。
2. Please put a wedge in the door so that it will stay open. 请用楔木抵住门, 让它开着。
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