英语词汇“edge”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	edge
释义	edge I. \ej\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English egge, from Old English ecg; akin to Old Saxon eggia edge of a blade, edge, Old High German ecka, Old Norse & Old Frisian egg, Latin acies sharp edge, point, acer sharp, Greek akmē point, edge, Late Greek akē point, Sanskrit aśri corner, angle, edge 1. a. : the cutting side of the blade of an instrument < the edge of an ax > b. archaic : an edged weapon or tool c. : the sharpness or degree of sharpness of a blade < the sickle has no edge > d. (1) obsolete : ardor or inclination especially for battle (2) : force, effectiveness < local resistance blunted the edge of radical legislation at Washington > : vigor or energy especially of mind and body < he looked and acted flabby; the edge of him was gone — Carleton Beals > : incisive or penetrating quality (as of thought or expression) < the cutting edge of Machiavelli's irony — E.R.Bentley > : a quality of hardness, harshness, or bite < his voice had an edge like ice — John Buchan > < your goodness must have an edge in it — else it is none — R.W.Emerson > (3) : keenness or intensity especially of desire or enjoyment < when they'd taken the edge off their own hunger — Kenneth Roberts > : relish, zest, savor < flying bombs … gave a brilliant edge of chance to homely days and nights — Audrey Barker > : spur, stimulus < to give more edge to the contest, he felt for his rival the bitter hate that … was typically Venetian — T.B.Costain > 2. a. : the extreme verge or brink (as of a cliff or precipice) b. : the crest of a ridge of hills : the escarpment of a plateau 3. a. : the line or point where a material object or area begins or ends : border < the town stands on the edge of a plain > < a smoldering hulk, burned to the water's edge — H.A.Chippendale > also : the portion of the surface of an object or area that is adjacent to its border < walked on the edge of the deck > b. : a point near the beginning or the end (as of an era, condition, subject, or action) : a dividing line or line of transition from one state or condition to another : margin — often used in the phrase on the edge < science stood on the edge of a major theoretical advance > < her body hovered delicately on the last edge of childhood — Scott Fitzgerald > < many of the ranches … are on the edge of bankruptcy — H.W.Baldwin > < was on the edge of screaming > 4. obsolete : edging, border 5. : a terminating border < the edge of a tablecloth > : a line that is the intersection of two plane faces of a solid object < the edges of a pyramid > : the relatively thin surface or side of any object bounded by plane surfaces < the edge of a book > 6. a. : the inside or outside verge of the blade of a skate b. : a skating stroke including appropriate body lean made on one edge of the blade of a skate < a forward inside edge > also : the resultant pattern cut in the ice 7. : the privilege in poker of betting last after the other players have revealed their intentions — called also age 8. : a favorable margin : advantage < had the edge on top speed — A.S.Kramer > < the open spaces that gave the suburb … an edge over the city — Lewis Mumford > < a decisive edge in military strength > 9. slang : a condition of being intoxicated : degree of intoxication < got a good edge on — Ernest Hemingway > Synonyms: see border • - on edge II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English eggen, from egge, n. *transitive verb* 1. : to give an edge to < asked him to edge the ax > < hurt resentment edged his wife's voice — G.G.Carter > 2. obsolete : to set (one's teeth) on edge 3. a. (1) : to finish (an edge) with a binding, band, strip, or trimming < edge a blouse with lace > < edge a plywood counter > (2) : to decorate an edge of (as a book) (3) : to level an edge of (a rafter); also : to square an edge of b. : to serve as a border to : fringe < warehouses and terminals edge the 25-mile waterfront — L.A.Borah > : be on an edge of < grew up in a community still edging the wilderness — H.M.Kallen > < now edging sixty, he retains all his vigor > 4. archaic : to urge or egg on 5. : to move gradually or by pressing forward edgewise < edged his master out of hearing — George Meredith > < edge him off the road > : force (as from a position) by the application of pressure < edging his foes out of every position of influence > : displace < machine-made muslins and calicoes have been edging out native-made muslins — John Murra > 6. a. : to strike (a bowled ball) in cricket with the edge of the bat b. : to incline (a ski) sideways so that one edge cuts into the surface of the snow *intransitive verb* : to move in one direction by degrees < edged over the open plains toward the western extremities of the country — Oscar Handlin > < edge away from his responsibilities > : move edgeways < began to edge along the front of the bureau — Berton Roueché >
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