ledge
/ledʒ/noun
1
- a narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, or other surface壁架, 崖边突出落脚处：
he heaved himself up over a ledge.
他费力地爬上山边的岩石。
1.1
- a window ledge窗台。
2
- an underwater ridge, especially of rocks beneath the sea near the shore近岸礁石, 水下岩脊：
a reef ledge.
暗礁。
3
- Mining a stratum of metal-or ore-bearing rock; a vein of quartz or other mineral【矿】矿脉。
派生词
ledged
adjectiveledgy
adjective词源
Middle English （denoting a strip of wood or other material fixed across a door， gate， etc.）： perhaps from an early form of LAY1 . Sense 1 dates from the mid 16th cent.