| 单词 | wedge |
| 释义 | wedge I. 1. < drove the wedge into the log with a maul > 2. a. < ate wedges of brown bread dipped in coffee — Kay Boyle > < fine, well-aged Herkimer county cheddar … is sold in wedges — New Yorker > < a thick wedge of estuarine clay was laid down over the earlier valley peats — J.N.Jennings & Joyce Lambert > b. obsolete 3. a. < time … to unite this country instead of attempting to drive a wedge between any segments of our population — Earl Bunting > < slavery … had driven a wedge between the North and the South — Oscar Handlin > < driving a wedge of sardonic laughter and comment into the wall of prejudice — V.P.Hass > b. < looked upon the union … as a growing wedge in the fight to end discrimination — Current Biography > < bill is merely another wedge to pry billions out of the American exchequer — J.S.Lawrence > < the officers' fraternity … was taken as the entering wedge of military despotism — Dixon Wecter > < the thin end of the improving wedge has come in — John Russell b.1872 > 4. a. < the armored wedge drove forward to make openings in the enemy line > b. < the high wedge and honk of birds flying south — Meridel LeSueur > c. < a small wedge of an island — Iain Hamilton > < a wedge of green forest juts out into the field > d. e. (1) < cuneiform … is at first sight only a meaningless jumble of wedges — S.L.Caiger > (2) f. g. (1) (2) h. i. 5. 6. < a wedge resection > II. transitive verb 1. < wedges the pegs in tightly > < the carpenter wedges up the post under the beam > < the builder wedges the wooden partition to the overhead construction > 2. < the flood wedges debris into the crotches of the trees > < was wedged in between his two bedfellows, both of whom were aggressively large — T.B.Costain > < the houses … appear to be wedged in the rocky hillside — American Guide Series: Maryland > < seeking to wedge an advancing force between the enemy's strongpoints > 3. < the axman wedges open the log for finer splitting > < seeks to wedge apart his enemies, to divide and conquer > 4. < thousands of homes had been wedged into the tiny valley > < Sunday driving wedges the cars together on miles of congested highways > 5. 6. intransitive verb < hold the wood properly so that the saw will not wedge > • - wedge one's way |
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