释义 |
Examples:(of a dress etc) border, edging—antique bronze mirror with flower petal edging, most commonly from the Tang dynasty—cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc)—trailing edge (of airplane wing)—raw edge (textiles, papermaking etc)—cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool—arris (curve formed by two surfaces meeting at an edge)—(saying) be very scared and on edge—arris (sharp ridge formed by two surfaces meeting at an edge)—lit. rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time—a low stone wall built along the water's edge protect an embankment—lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge [idiom.]—crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) [idiom.]— |