ledge

noun

/ledʒ/

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单词	ledge
释义	ledge noun /ledʒ/ /ledʒ/ jump to other results a narrow, flat piece of rock that sticks out from a cliff seabirds nesting on rocky ledges The climbers were clinging to a ledge hundreds of feet above the sea. Topics Geographyc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective high wide narrow … verb + ledge cling to be perched on ledge + verb run preposition along a/the ledge on a/the ledge See full entry a narrow flat shelf fixed to a wall, especially one below a window She put the vase of flowers on the window ledge. Extra Examples The phone was perched precariously on the window ledge. I felt along the ledge at the top of the door. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective high wide narrow … verb + ledge cling to be perched on ledge + verb run preposition along a/the ledge on a/the ledge See full entry see also sill, window ledge Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a strip of wood or other material fixed across a door, gate, etc.): perhaps from an early form of lay (verb). The current senses date from the mid 16th cent.
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