Wedge
[ w?d? ]
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n. 楔;楔形物;（擊高爾夫球的）楔形鐵頭球棒;〈比喻〉可以逐漸擴大作用的開端;
vt. 楔入;用楔子楔牢;擠進;
vi. 楔入;擠進;
?? 例句
Open the door wide and wedge it with a wad of newspaper.
把門開大,再用一卷報紙把它楔牢。
Her mother-in-law drove a wedge between her and her husband.
她婆婆挑起她與丈夫間的不和。
Insert the thin end of the wedge.
打進楔子尖, (比喻)微微突破一點(以便慢慢擴大作用)。
To sum up the opening wedge was what counted.
總而言之，打開缺口是頂要緊的。
Her foot wedged in the narrow crack.
她的腳卡在那狹縫里了。
?? 聯想助記
【串】園丁pledge(保證)把木樁wedge(楔入)hedge(樹籬)edge(邊緣)
【記】※ w-拼音“我”,edge-邊緣:我把木頭邊緣楔進去了
※ we-我們,dge-拼音“大哥”:我們把大哥擠進了楔子
※ w-似“W形”,edge-邊緣:插入木頭,露出了W形的邊緣
? 同義詞
?? 牛津釋義
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 形狀或用途似尖劈之物
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 習語) 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; 用尖劈劈開
The window doesn't stay closed unless you wedge it. 這扇窗戶關不嚴, 得用楔子 上了.
wedge a door open 用楔子抵住門讓門敞開.
2 [Tn.pr, Tn.p]
pack or thrust (sth/sb/oneself) tightly into a space 將（某物[某人]）塞入或插入某空間
wedge packing material into the spaces round the vase 用填料把花瓶周圍楦好
I was so tightly wedged between two other passengers, I couldn't get off the bus. 我緊緊夾在兩個乘客中間下不了公共汽車了.
?? 考研助記
桑塔納(w)的邊緣(edge)被 楔入了 楔子 網友：yqy 補充：楔子的邊緣（edge）不就像W嗎？
?? 擴展釋義
*[wed?]n. 楔子, 楔形物, 起因, 導致分裂的東西vt. 楔住, 擠進, 楔入vi. 楔入, 擠進【化】 楔; 楔入【醫】 楔相關詞組: drive a wedge into
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If you offered me six times what you have just offered, I would still take my pound of flesh.
即使你愿意我六倍于你剛才提出的錢數，我仍然要拿我應得的那一磅肉。
Finally, Kunta was thrown into the bottom of the boat and covered with an old smelly cloth.
最后孔塔被扔進船底，蓋上一條臭氣熏天的舊布單。
Yes, but one thing is most unlikely to change.
對，但有一件事是最不可能改變的。