wedge
n. 楔子; 楔形物
v. 把…楔住; 把…楔牢; 将…塞入; 将…插入; 将…挤入
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.
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。
If you wedge something somewhere, you fit it there tightly.
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。
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.
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.
A wedge of something such as fruit or cheese is a piece of it that has a thick triangular shape.
If someone drives a wedge between two people who are close, they cause ill feelings between them in order to weaken their relationship.
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。
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.
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。
1. any shape that is triangular in cross section
2. 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); different names are used in different sections of the United States
3. a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation
4. a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
5. (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
6. something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
7. a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
1. fix, force, or implant;
2. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space;
drive a wedge between
分开,隔离
thin end of the wedge
(非正式)可能引起大变化的小事
Random wedge failure is one of the common failure types of rock slope excavation.
随机楔体的破坏是岩石开挖边坡中常见的破坏类型之一.
Put a wedge under the door so that it will stay open.
在门下面插个楔,好让门开着.
Wedge will stick when valve is closed hot and allowed to cool.
当阀门热关闭,并冷却下来,则楔板将会产生黏着现象.
This article emphasizes a prediction of overbreak, the unstable wedge , for openings jointed rock mass.
本文着重于岩体中洞室超挖-不稳定楔形体的预测.
He had a banana and a wedge of cheese for lunch.
他中饭吃一根香蕉和一块楔形的奶酪.