wedge
n. 楔子; 楔形物
v. 把…楔住; 把…楔牢; 將…塞入; 將…插入; 將…擠入
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...
我關上小屋的門,並用一根木棍將門楔住。
We slammed the gate after them, wedging it shut with planks.
他們出去後,我們在後面砰地把大門關上,並用板條抵死。
If you wedge something somewhere, you fit it there tightly.
Wedge the plug into the hole...
將塞子塞進洞口。
The hotel's wedged right between the two airports.
那家賓館正好處於兩個機場中間。
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.
我開始覺得託比在挑撥我們之間的關係。
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.
我覺得讓武裝警察永久性地在城市裡巡邏是老鼠拉木鍁,大頭在後邊。
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
分開,隔離
thin end of the wedge
(非正式)可能引起大變化的小事
Random wedge failure is one of the common failure types of rock slope excavation.
隨機楔體的破壞是岩石開挖邊坡中常見的破壞型別之一.
Put a wedge under the door so that it will stay open.
在門下面插個楔,好讓門開著.
Wedge will stick when valve is closed hot and allowed to cool.
當閥門熱關閉,並冷卻下來,則楔板將會產生黏著現象.
This article emphasizes a prediction of overbreak, the unstable wedge , for openings jointed rock mass.
本文著重於巖體中洞室超挖-不穩定楔形體的預測.
He had a banana and a wedge of cheese for lunch.
他中飯吃一根香蕉和一塊楔形的乳酪.