wedge

英 [wedʒ]

美 [wedʒ]

n.  楔子; 三角木; 楔形物; 用作楔子的东西; (击高尔夫球的)楔形铁头球杆
v.  将…挤入(或塞进、插入); 把…楔牢(或楔住)

复数：wedges　过去分词：wedged　过去式：wedged　现在分词：wedging　第三人称单数：wedges　

CET6考研IELTSTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.8502 / COCA.6257

习惯用语

n.

the thin end of the wedge
• （不好的事物的）端倪，开端
  an event or action that is the beginning of sth more serious and/or unpleasant

牛津词典

noun

• 楔子；三角木
  a piece of wood, rubber, metal, etc. with one thick end and one thin pointed end that you use to keep a door open, to keep two things apart, or to split wood or rock
  1. He hammered the wedge into the crack in the stone.
     他用锤子把楔子砸入石缝里。
  2. I don't want to drive a wedge between the two of you (= to make you start disliking each other) .
     我不想在你们俩中间挑起不和。
• 楔形物；用作楔子的东西
  something that is shaped like a wedge or that is used like a wedge
  1. a wedge of cake
     一角蛋糕
• （击高尔夫球的）楔形铁头球杆
  a golf club that has the part that you hit the ball with shaped like a wedge

verb

• 将…挤入（或塞进、插入）
  to put or squeeze sth tightly into a narrow space, so that it cannot move easily
  1. The boat was now wedged between the rocks.
     船卡在了岩石之间。
  2. She wedged herself into the passenger seat.
     她挤进了旅客座椅中。
• 把…楔牢（或楔住）
  to make sth stay in a particular position, especially open or shut, by placing sth against it
  1. to wedge the door open
     用楔子卡住门让它开着

柯林斯词典

• VERB 把…楔住;把…楔牢
  If youwedgesomething, you force it to remain in a particular position by holding it there tightly or by fixing something next to it to prevent it from moving.
  1. I shut the shed door and wedged it with a log of wood...
     我关上小屋的门，并用一根木棍将门楔住。
  2. We slammed the gate after them, wedging it shut with planks.
     他们出去后，我们在后面砰地把大门关上，并用板条抵死。
• VERB 将…塞入;将…插入;将…挤入
  If youwedgesomething somewhere, you fit it there tightly.
  1. Wedge the plug into the hole...
     将塞子塞进洞口。
  2. The hotel's wedged right between the two airports.
     那家宾馆正好处于两个机场中间。
• （用来固定门的）楔子，三角木
  Awedgeis an object with one pointed edge and one thick edge, which you put under a door to keep it firmly in position.
• (用于劈开木头等的金属)楔子
  Awedgeis a piece of metal with a pointed edge which is used for splitting a material such as stone or wood, by being hammered into a crack in the material.
• (水果、奶酪等)楔形物
  Awedge ofsomething such as fruit or cheese is a piece of it that has a thick triangular shape.
• PHRASE 破坏…之间的关系;挑拨离间
  If someonedrives a wedge betweentwo people who are close, they cause ill feelings between them in order to weaken their relationship.
  1. I started to feel Toby was driving a wedge between us.
     我开始觉得托比在挑拨我们之间的关系。
• PHRASE （坏事的）端倪，冰山一角;可能引起更糟糕情况的小事
  If you say that something isthe thin end of the wedge, you mean that it appears to be unimportant at the moment, but that it is the beginning of a bigger, more harmful development.
  1. I think it's the thin end of the wedge when you have armed police permanently on patrol round a city.
     我觉得让武装警察永久性地在城市里巡逻是老鼠拉木锨，大头在后边。

英英释义

noun

• a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
  Synonym:chock
• something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
• (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
• a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
  Synonym:wedge heel
• a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
  Synonym:hacek
• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)
  Synonym:bombergrinderherohero sandwichhoagiehoagyCuban sandwichItalian sandwichpoor boysubsubmarinesubmarine sandwichtorpedozep
• any shape that is triangular in cross section
  Synonym:wedge shapecuneus

verb

• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
  1. I squeezed myself into the corner
  Synonym:squeezeforce
• put, fix, force, or implant
  1. lodge a bullet in the table
  2. stick your thumb in the crack
  Synonym:lodgestickdeposit

双语例句

• I started to feel Toby was driving a wedge between us.
  我开始觉得托比在挑拨我们之间的关系。
• The spectrum and pulse autocorrelation trace evolution with intracavity dispersion are investigated by adjusting the insertion of intracavity wedge.
  通过调节腔内光楔的插入量，研究了锁模光谱与自相关曲线随腔内净色散的演化过程。
• I shut the shed door and wedged it with a log of wood
  我关上小屋的门，并用一根木棍将门楔住。
• Petite ladies can also try a silk top, skinny jeans and a wedge heel.
  娇小的女士们上身也可以尝试丝绸面料的衣服，与紧身牛仔裤和坡跟鞋搭配。
• We slammed the gate after them, wedging it shut with planks.
  他们出去后，我们在后面砰地把大门关上，并用板条抵死。
• A model of wedge ( or V-shaped) dielectric loaded horn is introduced in this paper.
  提出了一种尖劈形介质加载喇叭模型。
• The theoretical and calculating models of field emission properties of metal cone and wedge are established.
  建立了金属圆锥和楔形场发射体性能的理论计算模型。
• So we just had to wedge it closed.
  我们就把它关上了。
• The structure and principle of two new types of cutting tools ( bevel wedge type and eccentric type) for boring O-ring grooves have been introduced in this paper.
  本文介绍了斜楔式和偏心式两种新型内孔挖槽刀具的结构和原理。
• I knew that there would be many attempts to drive a wedge between Sherman Adams and me.
  我知道很多人将企图离间我和谢尔曼·亚当斯的关系。