wedges

英 [ˈwedʒɪz]

美 [ˈwedʒɪz]

n.  楔子; 三角木; 楔形物; 用作楔子的东西; (击高尔夫球的)楔形铁头球杆
v.  将…挤入(或塞进、插入); 把…楔牢(或楔住)
wedge的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 把…楔住;把…楔牢
  If youwedgesomething, you force it to remain in a particular position by holding it there tightly or by fixing something next to it to prevent it from moving.
  1. I shut the shed door and wedged it with a log of wood...
     我关上小屋的门，并用一根木棍将门楔住。
  2. We slammed the gate after them, wedging it shut with planks.
     他们出去后，我们在后面砰地把大门关上，并用板条抵死。
• VERB 将…塞入;将…插入;将…挤入
  If youwedgesomething somewhere, you fit it there tightly.
  1. Wedge the plug into the hole...
     将塞子塞进洞口。
  2. The hotel's wedged right between the two airports.
     那家宾馆正好处于两个机场中间。
• （用来固定门的）楔子，三角木
  Awedgeis an object with one pointed edge and one thick edge, which you put under a door to keep it firmly in position.
• (用于劈开木头等的金属)楔子
  Awedgeis a piece of metal with a pointed edge which is used for splitting a material such as stone or wood, by being hammered into a crack in the material.
• (水果、奶酪等)楔形物
  Awedge ofsomething such as fruit or cheese is a piece of it that has a thick triangular shape.
• PHRASE 破坏…之间的关系;挑拨离间
  If someonedrives a wedge betweentwo people who are close, they cause ill feelings between them in order to weaken their relationship.
  1. I started to feel Toby was driving a wedge between us.
     我开始觉得托比在挑拨我们之间的关系。
• PHRASE （坏事的）端倪，冰山一角;可能引起更糟糕情况的小事
  If you say that something isthe thin end of the wedge, you mean that it appears to be unimportant at the moment, but that it is the beginning of a bigger, more harmful development.
  1. I think it's the thin end of the wedge when you have armed police permanently on patrol round a city.
     我觉得让武装警察永久性地在城市里巡逻是老鼠拉木锨，大头在后边。

双语例句

• Shoes and wedges after cleaning.
  楔子经过清洗后。
• Remove the orange halves from the fridge and cut into wedges.
  将橙子从冰箱里拿出，切成瓣。
• Eliminating deforestation would result in two wedges, if the alternative were for deforestation to continue at current rates.
  假如以目前的速率继续砍伐森林，则全面停止砍伐森林将达成两块楔形。
• Forget torturing your feet in stilettos: Wedges give you the same height and leg-lengthening results without the pain.
  忘掉那些折磨你脚的细高跟鞋吧：楔跟鞋能带给你同样的高度和修长腿形而不会让你疼痛难耐。
• This paper proposes aa approach for calculating the failure probability of rock slopes with multiple slip surfaces or with multiple wedges.
  本文提出的方法，可以计算有多个滑动面边坡的破坏概率和有多个楔形滑体边坡的破坏概率。
• A heavy long-handle hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
  用来钉木桩或楔子的重的长把锤子。
• In order to ensure correct assembly, the wedges should be centred.
  要确保正确组装，应将楔块放置在中间。
• Study on acoustic detection of stator slot wedges in large generators
  大型发电机定子槽楔松动的声检测研究
• Small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa.
  欧洲的小鸣禽，在芦苇中繁殖，冬季飞往非洲。
• The climatical wedges are V-shape sedimentary bodies formed by climatical cause, which are remained in strata.
  气候楔状体是由于气候原因造成的在地层中保存的楔状沉积物。