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- an edge or border边, 边缘, 边沿：
they came down to the verge of the lake.
他们来到了湖边。
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- an extreme limit beyond which something specified will happen极限, 临界点：
I was on the verge of tears.
我几乎要流泪了。
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- Brit. a grass edging such as that by the side of a road or path〈英〉（道路旁的）植草路肩。
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- Architecture an edge of tiles projecting over a gable【建筑】山墙突瓦。
no obj.(verge on)
- approach (something) closely; be close or similar to (something)接近, 濒临; 与（某物）接近（或相似）：
despair verging on the suicidal.
接近于自杀的绝望。
词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin virga 'rod'. The current verb sense dates from the late 18th cent.
- a wand or rod carried before a bishop or dean as an emblem of office权杖（举在主教或教长的前面作为职位的标志）。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin virga 'rod'.