wedge
n.(名词)
A piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
楔子:一块如金属或木头的材料,一端粗至另一端逐渐变细以便插入狭小的缝隙内,用于劈升、绷紧、固定或用杠杆撬动某种东西
Something shaped like a wedge:
楔形物:形状象一个楔子的东西:
例句:
a wedge of pie.
一块楔形的馅饼
Downstate New York See submarine See Regional Note at submarine
【纽约州南部】 参见 submarine 参见 submarine
A wedge-shaped formation, as in football or ground warfare.
楔形队形:一种楔状的队形,如在足球运动或地面战争中
Something that intrudes and causes division or disruption:
使分裂的东西:侵入并引起分裂或崩裂的东西:
例句:
His nomination drove a wedge into party unity.
他的提名引起党内不和
Something that forces an opening or a beginning:
引起开端或开始的东西:
例句:
a wedge in the war on poverty.
引起对贫困宣战的一项起因
Meteorology See ridge
【气象学】 参见 ridge
Sports An iron golf club with a very slanted face, used to lift the ball, as from sand.
【体育运动】 楔形铁头球棒:一种打高尔夫球用的棒面倾斜的铁棒,用于把球如从沙地中向高空击起
One of the triangular characters of cuneiform writing.
楔形字:楔形方字的三角形字之一
v.(动词)
wedged,wedg.ing,wedg.es
v.tr.(及物动词)
To split or force apart with or as if with a wedge.
楔入,劈开:用或好象用楔子劈开或使分裂
To fix in place or tighten with a wedge.
把…楔住,把…楔牢
To crowd or squeeze into a limited space.
挤入,插入:挤入或插入到有限的空间里
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To become lodged or jammed.
被卡住或挤住
来源:
Middle English wegge
中古英语 wegge
from Old English wecg
源自 古英语 wecg