wedge 音标拼音: [w'ɛdʒ]
n . 楔子,楔形物,起因,使分裂的东西
vt . 楔住,嵌,挤进,楔入
vi . 楔入,挤进
楔子,楔形物,起因,使分裂的东西楔住,嵌,挤进,楔入楔入,挤进
wedge 楔; 楔形物; 尖劈
wedge 楔形
wedge n 1 :
any shape that is triangular in cross section [
synonym :
{
wedge }, {
wedge shape }, {
cuneus }]
2 :
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (
and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments );
different names are used in different sections of the United States [
synonym : {
bomber },
{
grinder }, {
hero }, {
hero sandwich }, {
hoagie }, {
hoagy }, {
Cuban sandwich }, {
Italian sandwich }, {
poor boy }, {
sub },
{
submarine }, {
submarine sandwich }, {
torpedo }, {
wedge }, {
zep }]
3 :
a diacritical mark (
an inverted circumflex )
placed above certain letters (
such as the letter c )
to indicate pronunciation [
synonym : {
hacek }, {
wedge }]
4 :
a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe [
synonym :
{
wedge heel }, {
wedge }]
5 : (
golf )
an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole 6 :
something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (
shaped like a V )
that can be pushed between two things to separate them 7 :
a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object [
synonym : {
chock }, {
wedge }]
v 1 :
put ,
fix ,
force ,
or implant ; "
lodge a bullet in the table ";
"
stick your thumb in the crack " [
synonym : {
lodge }, {
wedge },
{
stick }, {
deposit }] [
ant : {
dislodge }, {
free }]
2 :
squeeze like a wedge into a tight space ; "
I squeezed myself into the corner " [
synonym : {
wedge }, {
squeeze }, {
force }]
Wedge \
Wedge \ (
w [
e ^]
j ),
n . [
OE .
wegge ,
AS .
wecg ;
akin to D .
wig ,
wigge ,
OHG .
wecki ,
G .
weck a (
wedge -
shaped )
loaf ,
Icel .
veggr ,
Dan .
v [
ae ]
gge ,
Sw .
vigg ,
and probably to Lith .
vagis a peg .
Cf . {
Wigg }.]
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1 .
A piece of metal ,
or other hard material ,
thick at one end ,
and tapering to a thin edge at the other ,
used in splitting wood ,
rocks ,
etc .,
in raising heavy bodies ,
and the like .
It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers .
See Illust .
of {
Mechanical powers },
under {
Mechanical }.
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2 . (
Geom .)
A solid of five sides ,
having a rectangular base ,
two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge ,
and two triangular ends .
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3 .
A mass of metal ,
especially when of a wedgelike form .
"
Wedges of gold ." --
Shak .
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4 .
Anything in the form of a wedge ,
as a body of troops drawn up in such a form .
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In warlike muster they appear ,
In rhombs ,
and wedges ,
and half -
moons ,
and wings .
--
Milton .
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5 .
The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos ; --
so called after a person (
Wedgewood )
who occupied this position on the first list of 1828 .
[
Cant ,
Cambridge Univ .,
Eng .] --
C .
A .
Bristed .
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6 . (
Golf )
A golf club having an iron head with the face nearly horizontal ,
used for lofting the golf ball at a high angle ,
as when hitting the ball out of a sand trap or the rough .
[
PJC ]
{
Fox wedge }. (
Mach . &
Carpentry )
See under {
Fox }.
{
Spherical wedge } (
Geom .),
the portion of a sphere included between two planes which intersect in a diameter .
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Wedge \
Wedge \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Wedged };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Wedging }.]
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1 .
To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges ,
or as with a wedge ;
to rive . "
My heart ,
as wedged with a sigh ,
would rive in twain ." --
Shak .
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2 .
To force or drive as a wedge is driven .
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Among the crowd in the abbey where a finger Could not be wedged in more . --
Shak .
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He '
s just the sort of man to wedge himself into a snug berth . --
Mrs .
J .
H .
Ewing .
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3 .
To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does ;
as ,
to wedge one '
s way . --
Milton .
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4 .
To press closely ;
to fix ,
or make fast ,
in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something .
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Wedged in the rocky shoals ,
and sticking fast .
--
Dryden .
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5 .
To fasten with a wedge ,
or with wedges ;
as ,
to wedge a scythe on the snath ;
to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place .
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6 . (
Pottery )
To cut ,
as clay ,
into wedgelike masses ,
and work by dashing together ,
in order to expel air bubbles ,
etc .
--
Tomlinson .
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101 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wedge ":
arrowhead ,
articulate ,
batten ,
batten down ,
bed ,
bolt ,
buckle ,
butt ,
button ,
character ,
clasp ,
cleat ,
clip ,
confirm ,
crowbar ,
cuneiform ,
deep -
dye ,
define ,
demotic character ,
determinative ,
dovetail ,
embed ,
engraft ,
engrave ,
entrench ,
establish ,
etch ,
fix ,
found ,
get a foothold ,
get leverage ,
grammalogue ,
ground ,
hasp ,
hieratic symbol ,
hieroglyph ,
hieroglyphic ,
hieroglyphics ,
hinge ,
hiragana ,
hitch ,
hook ,
ideogram ,
ideograph ,
impact ,
implant ,
impress ,
imprint ,
infix ,
ingrain ,
inscribe ,
jam ,
jimmy ,
joint ,
kana ,
katakana ,
latch ,
lever ,
lock ,
lodge ,
logogram ,
logograph ,
miter ,
mortise ,
nail ,
ogham ,
pack ,
peg ,
phonetic ,
phonetic symbol ,
pictogram ,
pictograph ,
pin ,
plant ,
print ,
prize ,
pry ,
rabbet ,
radical ,
rivet ,
root ,
rune ,
scarf ,
screw ,
seat ,
set ,
set in ,
settle ,
sew ,
shorthand ,
skewer ,
snap ,
stamp ,
staple ,
stereotype ,
stick ,
stitch ,
tack ,
toggle ,
word letter ,
zipper
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