wedged
v. 楔( wedge的过去式和过去分词 ); 楔形物; (击高尔夫球的)楔形铁头球棒
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. wedged or packed in together;
The streets are wedged solid with near-constant traffic gridlock.
交通堵塞丝毫不见缓解,街道被堵得水泄不通。
The hotel's wedged right between the two airports.
那家宾馆正好处于两个机场中间。
The bone wedged in his throat and strangled him.
骨头卡在喉咙里使他窒息.
He wedged himself through the narrow window.
他从狭窄的窗户中挤了过去.
He wedged the window to prevent it from rattling.
他用楔子把窗户塞紧使它不作响.