
n.楔子;楔形物
vt.楔??;嵌;擠進(jìn)
Put a wedge under the door so that it will stay open. 在門(mén)底下塞一塊楔子,讓門(mén)保持開(kāi)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(xiàn)
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。
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)Please wedge this cabinet to keep it from tipping. 請(qǐng)?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(wú)法塞進(jìn)那么小的地方去。
She could not wedge another item into the suitcase . 她再也無(wú)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(lái)下公共汽車(chē)都很難。
wedge指用將某物塞進(jìn)另一物體的方法來(lái)使其固定或穩(wěn)固,即“楔住”,多用于門(mén)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(yǔ),還可接以形容詞充當(dāng)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)的復(fù)合賓語(yǔ)??捎糜诒粍?dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。
wedge還可用作名詞,意思是“楔子; 楔形物”。