[VERB 动词]把…楔住;把…楔牢 If you wedge something, 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.
[V n]
[V n adj]
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。
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。
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[VERB 动词]将…塞入;将…插入;将…挤入 If you wedge something somewhere, you fit it there tightly.
[V n prep]
[V-ed]
Wedge the plug into the hole...
将塞子塞进洞口。
The hotel's wedged right between the two airports.
那家宾馆正好处于两个机场中间。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](用来固定门的)楔子,三角木 A wedge is an object with one pointed edge and one thick edge, which you put under a door to keep it firmly in position.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](用于劈开木头等的金属)楔子 A wedge is 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.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](水果、奶酪等)楔形物 A wedge of something such as fruit or cheese is a piece of it that has a thick triangular shape.
[usu N of n]
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[PHRASE 短语]破坏…之间的关系;挑拨离间 If someone drives a wedge between two people who are close, they cause ill feelings between them in order to weaken their relationship.
[V inflects]
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。
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[PHRASE 短语](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 is the 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.
[v-link PHR]
[BRIT 英]
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。
Oxford
wedge/wedʒ; NAmEwedʒ/
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wedgewedgeswedgedwedgingnoun _shoes_comp.jpg _wedge.jpg 1a 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 楔子;三角木◆He hammered the wedge into the crack in the stone.他用锤子把楔子砸入石缝里。◆( figurative) I don't want to drive a wedgebetween the two of you (= to make you start disliking each other).我不想在你们俩中间挑起不和。2something that is shaped like a wedgeor that is used like a wedge楔形物;用作楔子的东西◆a wedge of cake一角蛋糕◆shoes with wedge heels坡跟鞋3a golf clubthat has the part that you hit the ball with shaped like a wedge(击高尔夫球的)楔形铁头球棒IDIOMsee
thin
adj.verb1wedgesth + adv./prep. to put or squeeze sth tightly into a narrow space, so that it cannot move easily 将…挤入(或塞进、插入)SYN
jam
◆The boat was now wedged between the rocks.船卡在了岩石之间。◆She wedged herself into the passenger seat.她挤进了旅客座椅中。2wedgesth (+ adj.) to make sth stay in a particular position, especially open or shut, by placing sth against it 把…楔牢(或楔住)◆to wedge the door open用楔子卡住门让它开着wedge/wedʒ; NAmEwedʒ/
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wedge1 noun
wedge2 verb
wedgewedge1 /wedʒ/ ●○○ noun [countable]
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1a piece of wood, metal etc that has one thick edge and one pointed edge and is used especially for keeping a door open or for splitting wood2a piece of food shaped like a wedge: Garnish with lemon wedges.wedge of a wedge of cheese3wedges [plural]wedge heels → drive a wedge between somebody
1to force something firmly into a narrow space: The phone was wedged under his chin. Victoria wedged herself into the passenger seat.2wedge something open/shut to put something under a door, window etc to make it stay open or shut
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