n.楔子；楔形物

vt.楔住；嵌；擠進(jìn)

Put a wedge under the door so that it will stay open. 在門底下塞一塊楔子，讓門保持開著。

The attackers formed a wedge and plowed through the enemy line. 進(jìn)攻者形成了一個(gè)楔子，突破了敵軍的陣線

He had a banana and a wedge of cheese for lunch. 他中飯吃一根香蕉和一塊楔形的奶酪。

Please wedge this cabinet to keep it from tipping. 請?jiān)跈坏仔ㄈ胄ㄗ右苑浪鼉A斜。

The box won't wedge into such a narrow space. 那盒無法塞進(jìn)那么小的地方去。

She could not wedge another item into the suitcase . 她再也無法把別的東西塞進(jìn)箱子里去了。

I was so tightly wedged between two fat women that it was difficult for me to get up and leave the bus. 我被兩個(gè)肥胖的女人緊緊地?cái)D在中間，以致于要站起來下公共汽車都很難。

wedge指用將某物塞進(jìn)另一物體的方法來使其固定或穩(wěn)固,即“楔住”,多用于門窗等。引申可指“擠,塞”。

wedge可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),后接名詞或代詞作賓語,還可接以形容詞充當(dāng)補(bǔ)足語的復(fù)合賓語。可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。

wedge還可用作名詞,意思是“楔子; 楔形物”。