| 释义 |
wedge1/wedʒ/ n. & v.●n. 1 a piece of wood or metal etc. tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them 楔子，尖劈 2 anything resembling or acting as a wedge 楔形物；导致分裂的事物 a wedge of cheese 一角干酪; troops formed a wedge 楔形队形; drove an emotional wedge between them 在他们之间进行挑拨使感情不和 3 a golf club with a wedge-shaped head 带楔形铁头的高尔夫球棒 4a a wedge-shaped heel 楔形鞋后跟，坡跟 b a shoe with this 楔形后跟鞋，坡跟鞋 ●v. tr. 1 tighten, secure, or fasten by means of a wedge 楔入；把…楔牢 wedged the door open 用楔子抵住门，让它敞着 2 force open or apart with a wedge (用楔子)劈开；使分裂 3 (foll. by 后跟 in, into) pack or thrust (a thing or oneself) tightly in or into 挤入；塞入 □ thin end of the wedge colloq. an action or procedure of little importance in itself, but likely to lead to more serious developments [口]可能引起大变动的小事 □ wedgelike adj.□ wedgewise adv.[Old English wecg, from Germanic] |