| 词汇 | wedge |
| 释义 | wedge noun uk /wedʒ/ us /wedʒ/ wedgenoun (SHAPE)[ C ] a piece of metal, wood, rubber, etc. with a pointed edge at one end and a wide edge at the other, either pushed between two objects to keep them still or forced into something to break pieces off it: （金属、木头或橡胶等制成的）楔子，三角木 Push a wedge under the door to keep it open while we're carrying the boxes in.在门底下塞一个楔子让门敞开着，我们好往里面搬箱子。 wedge betweenPieces of stone can be split off by forcing wedges between the layers.在层与层之间敲入楔子可以把石头凿开。 robcruse/E+/GettyImages [ C ] a piece of something, especially food, in the shape of a triangle: 楔形物，三角形物（尤指食物） Auntie Ann put a huge wedge of cake on my plate.安姨妈把一大块三角形的蛋糕放在我盘子里。 a wedge of cheese一块三角形的奶酪 Tools -pronged adjustable spanner adze Allen key auger awl excavator gavel gimlet gouge grapnel grappling iron grindstone plunger power saw prong rasp razor knife reamer trowel You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Masses and large amounts of things wedgenoun (SHOES)wedges[ plural ](UK alsowedgies) shoes whose heel forms a sloping block all the way under the shoe, high at the back and lower under the toes, or the heels themselves : She wore shorts and a pair of white wedges. wedgenoun (GOLF CLUB)[ C ] sports specialized a short metal golf club designed to hit the ball very high over a short distance, or a shot (= hit of the ball) made with this club: She had hit two balls into the water, first with a four-iron and then with a wedge. My third shot was a wedge to the green. General terms used in ball sports aggregate score assist attacking back pass backhanded bend dump indirect free kick interception kicker launch angle lay someone off loft pitch square ball stiff-arm stroke swat takeaway tap in You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Golf wedge verb[ T ] uk /wedʒ/ us /wedʒ/ to make something stay in a particular position by using a wedge: 用楔子楔住，楔牢 [ + adj ]Find something to wedge the window open/closed with.找个什么东西楔住窗户，让它开着／关紧。 to put something into a very small or narrow space, so that it cannot move easily: 挤入，插入，塞入;卡住 Her shoe came off and got wedged between the bars.她的鞋掉了下来，卡在栏杆中间。 be wedged betweenI was standing waiting for a bus, wedged between (= fixed between and unable to move away from) two old ladies and their bags of shopping.我正站着等公共汽车，夹在两位上了年纪的女士和她们的购物袋中间，动弹不得。 Closing and blocking barricade batten batten down the hatchesidiom be snowed upidiom block something off bung choke closet closing time congest cork dam dam something up fur reseal sandbag seal something in seal something off self-seal silt You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Inserting and forcing things into other things wedge | American Dictionarywedge noun[ C ] us/wedʒ/ a piece of wood, metal, or other material with a pointed edge at one end and a wide edge at the other, used to keep two things apart or, when forced between two things, to break them apart: A wedge under the door kept it open. wedgeverb[ T ]us/wedʒ/ He wedged the window open with a screwdriver. Examples of wedgewedge The distance between the two wedges was ;35 mm. However, owing to our use of curved wedges, a length scale (radius of curvature) is available a t the reflexion point any time. The hind fetlock joint was found to show increased abduction with the heel wedges during stance. The inflated aerofoil consisted of an impervious sleeve supported by thin steel wedges a t the leading and trailing edges. Ascenders have tapering wedges, while the wedges on minims are heavy. Such a difference highlights the primary role of the pretectonic sedimentary architecture in constraining the geometry and kinematics of faulting in thrust wedges. The first design represents two wedges, the larger one sliding along the fixed smaller one to vary the target thickness. Most of the larger deviations occurred in wedged fields. A solution was obtained in the manner described above for 22.2" and 45" semiangle wedges. At the parasequence and sequence scales, facies patterns consist of alternating carbonates and wedges of shale derived from opposite sides of the foreland basin. Two examples of these progradation wedges are presented in detail. Calibrated neutral density filters and wedges were placed in collimated and focused por tions of the beams, respectively. Over time, pieces can break off, travel toward the brain, become wedged in a smaller branch of the artery, and cause a stroke. The maximum quantal flux was log 14.08 quanta incident cm 2 s 1, which could be attenuated by neutral density wedges. The small smooth-surfaced donor cell was wedged between the zona and the ooplast to facilitate close membrane contact for subsequent fusion. See all examples of wedge These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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