| 单词 | wedge |
| 释义 | wedge —wedge /wedʒ/ noun (SHAPE) F0 [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: » Push a wedge under the door to keep it open while we're carrying the boxes in.» Pieces of stone can be split off by forcing wedges between the layers.Thesaurus+: ↑Tools , ↑Gardening toolsF0 [C] a piece of something, especially food, in the shape of a triangle: » Auntie Ann put a huge wedge of fruit cake on my plate.» a wedge of cheeseThesaurus+: ↑Masses and large amounts of thingsnoun (SHOES) wedges [plural]► F0 women's shoes with a heel all the way under the shoeThesaurus+: ↑Shoes and shoemakingverb [T] ↑Verb Endings for wedge F0 to make something stay in a particular position by using a wedge: » [+ adj] Find something to wedge the window open/closed with.Thesaurus+: ↑Closing and blockingF0 to put something into a very small or narrow space, so that it cannot move easily: » Her shoe came off and got wedged between the bars.» I was standing waiting for a bus, wedged between (= fixed between and unable to move away from) two old ladies and their bags of shopping.Thesaurus+: ↑Inserting and forcing things into other things |
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