wedge 英 [wedʒ] 美 [wedʒ]
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基本释义
[verb] force into a narrow space
[动词] 强行进入狭窄的空间
名著用例
This led her to believe that neglect was creeping in, and so another small wedge was entered.
这使得她认为自己渐渐受到冷落,因此他们之间又出现了一道小裂痕。
出自美国现实主义作家西奥多·德莱赛(Theodore Dreiser)创作的长篇小说《嘉莉妹妹》(Sister Carrie)。《嘉莉妹妹》是《珍妮姑娘》(Jennie Gerhardt)的姐妹篇,1998年被选为20世纪百大英文小说。
深入解读
Wedge 一词比较好记,就是在熟词 edge (边缘、刀口)前面加个 w ,原本作名词表示“楔子、三角木”(如下图)。
楔子是一种简单机械工具,由两个斜面组成,用来将物件分开,常由木头、金属、橡胶等制作而来。比如:
- 那个著名建筑师用锤子把楔子砸入石缝里。
The eminent architect hammered the wedge into the crack in the stone. - 在门底下塞一个楔子让门敞开着,我们好往里面搬微型人像画框的箱子。
Push a wedge under the door to keep it open while we’re carrying the boxes of portrait miniature frames in.
从其形状来说,还可以引申指“楔形物、三角形物”,多用来形容蛋糕、奶酪、水果等食物,比如:
- 玛丽姨妈把一大角的蛋糕放在我盘子里。
Auntie Mary put a huge wedge of cake on my plate.
从其作用而言,则发展出来习惯表达 drive a wedge between sb 表示“挑拨离间、破坏……之间的关系”,以及习语 the thin end of the wedge 表示坏事的“端倪、冰山一角”,比如:
- 我开始觉得威廉在挑拨我们之间的关系。他对我们之间的友谊打心眼儿讨厌。
I started to feel William was driving a wedge between us. He has a visceral dislike of our friendship. - 指桑骂槐可能还只是个开始——不久他可能就要开始散布恶意的谣言了。
Making oblique accusations could be the thin end of the wedge – soon he might start to peddle vicious gossip.
而用作动词时, wedge 自然表示“用楔子楔住、楔牢”或者“将……挤入、塞进或插入”,多指把某物紧紧地塞进或挤进狭窄的空间,使之不能轻易移动,比如:
- 找个什么东西楔住这个紧闭的窗户,让它开着。
Find something to wedge the fast window open with. - 我正站着等公共汽车,夹在两位上了年纪的女士和她们的豪华购物袋中间,动弹不得。
I was standing waiting for a bus, wedged between two old ladies and their lavish bags of shopping.
另外值得注意的是, wedge 作名词时还可以表示“(击高尔夫球的)楔形铁头球杆”,以及常用复数 wedges 表示整个鞋底都有鞋跟的“坡跟鞋”(见下图)。
外刊例句
- Common to all these cities are buyers from emerging markets, notably China, who have helped to drive a wedge between the price of homes and the local fundamentals of incomes and rental payments.
这些城市都有一个共同点,那就是来自新兴市场的买家,特别是中国买家,拉大了房价和收入与租金支出这两个当地市场基本面之间的差距。
——《经济学人》 - I’ll take a poached shrimp, a celery stick, a wedge of lemon and a big, frilly fennel frond.
我会加一个水煮虾,一根芹菜杆,一个柠檬角,一个多褶皱的大茴香叶。
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
“wedge” 是一个英语单词,通常表示楔形物、楔入等概念。
以下是50个包含单词“wedge”的短语,以及它们的中文解释:
- wedge-shaped: 楔形的
- Drive a wedge: 制造隔阂
- wedge in: 楔入
- wedge between: 楔入之间
- wedge open: 撬开
- wedge tightly: 楔得紧紧
- wedge together: 楔在一起
- wedge apart: 分开
- wedge under: 楔在下面
- wedge into place: 楔入位置
- wedge under the door: 楔在门底下
- wedge in the crack: 楔在缝隙中
- wedge against: 楔在…之间
- wedge behind: 楔在后面
- wedge sideways: 侧着楔入
- wedge under the wheel: 楔在车轮下面
- wedge in the gap: 楔在间隙中
- wedge against the wall: 楔在墙上
- wedge in the corner: 楔在角落里
- wedge in tightly: 楔得紧紧
- wedge beneath: 楔在下方
- wedge up: 楔上
- wedge under pressure: 在压力下楔入
- wedge securely: 楔紧
- wedge between objects: 在物体之间楔入
- wedge vertically: 垂直楔入
- wedge horizontally: 水平楔入
- wedge under heavy load: 在重负下楔入
- wedge against the door frame: 楔在门框上
- wedge into a crevice: 楔进裂缝中
- wedge into the crack: 楔入缝隙中
- wedge behind the shelf: 楔在书架后面
- wedge apart two objects: 把两物体楔开
- wedge into a tight space: 楔入狭窄空间中
- wedge between rocks: 楔在石头之间
- wedge into the box: 楔进盒子里
- wedge into the corner: 楔进角落里
- wedge under the weight: 在重压下楔入
- wedge under the table: 楔在桌子下面
- wedge behind the couch: 楔在沙发后面
- wedge into position: 楔进位置
- wedge in place: 楔在原地
- wedge under the beam: 楔在梁下
- wedge into the slot: 楔进插槽中
- wedge against the window: 楔在窗户旁边
- wedge under the mattress: 楔在床垫下
- wedge between layers: 楔在层间
- wedge in the doorstop: 楔在门挡上
- wedge between objects tightly: 楔在物体之间紧紧
- wedge apart using force: 用力楔开
同近义词
squeeze: manage to force into or through a narrow or restricted space
cram: force (people or things) into a place or container that is or appears to be too small to contain them
jam: squeeze or pack tightly into a specified space