Wedge
[ wɛdʒ ]
第4级
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n. 楔;楔形物;（击高尔夫球的）楔形铁头球棒;〈比喻〉可以逐渐扩大作用的开端;
vt. 楔入;用楔子楔牢;挤进;
vi. 楔入;挤进;
📝 例句
Open the door wide and wedge it with a wad of newspaper.
把门开大,再用一卷报纸把它楔牢。
Her mother-in-law drove a wedge between her and her husband.
她婆婆挑起她与丈夫间的不和。
Insert the thin end of the wedge.
打进楔子尖, (比喻)微微突破一点(以便慢慢扩大作用)。
To sum up the opening wedge was what counted.
总而言之，打开缺口是顶要紧的。
Her foot wedged in the narrow crack.
她的脚卡在那狭缝里了。
🌱 联想助记
【串】园丁pledge(保证)把木桩wedge(楔入)hedge(树篱)edge(边缘)
【记】※ w-拼音“我”,edge-边缘:我把木头边缘楔进去了
※ we-我们,dge-拼音“大哥”:我们把大哥挤进了楔子
※ w-似“W形”,edge-边缘:插入木头,露出了W形的边缘
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
edge
n
1
(a) piece of wood or metal that is thick at one end and narrows at the other to a sharp edge, used eg to split wood or rock, to widen an opening or to keep things apart 劈; 尖劈; 楔子.
(b) thing shaped like or used as a wedge 形状或用途似尖劈之物
a wedge of cake, cheese, etc, ie a piece cut from a large round cake, cheese, etc 一角蛋糕、 乾酪等.
2 (idm 习语) drive a wedge between A and B => drive1. the thin end of the wedge => thin. wedge, v
1 [Tn, Cn.a] fix (sth) firmly or force (sth) apart using a wedge 用楔子 牢; 用尖劈劈开
The window doesn't stay closed unless you wedge it. 这扇窗户关不严, 得用楔子 上了.
wedge a door open 用楔子抵住门让门敞开.
2 [Tn.pr, Tn.p]
pack or thrust (sth/sb/oneself) tightly into a space 将（某物[某人]）塞入或插入某空间
wedge packing material into the spaces round the vase 用填料把花瓶周围楦好
I was so tightly wedged between two other passengers, I couldn't get off the bus. 我紧紧夹在两个乘客中间下不了公共汽车了.
🎯 考研助记
桑塔纳(w)的边缘(edge)被 楔入了 楔子 网友：yqy 补充：楔子的边缘（edge）不就像W吗？
🔁 扩展释义
*[wedʒ]n. 楔子, 楔形物, 起因, 导致分裂的东西vt. 楔住, 挤进, 楔入vi. 楔入, 挤进【化】 楔; 楔入【医】 楔相关词组: drive a wedge into
📖 同为「外贸」词汇
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I shall insist that they do from now on. Eating cabbage will keep them healthy.
我要他们从现在起就吃（醋泡白菜）。吃白菜会使他们的身体保持健康的。
But why did white people want to catch Africans and put them in chains?
但是为什么白人要把非洲人抓起来，戴上镣铐呢？
In front of me was a wall of animals.
在我的前面是一面刻满了动物的墙壁。