edge
n
1
(a) piece of wood or metal that is thick at one end and narrows at the other to a sharp edge, used eg to split wood or rock, to widen an opening or to keep things apart 劈; 尖劈; 楔子.
(b) thing shaped like or used as a wedge 形状或用途似尖劈之物
a wedge of cake, cheese, etc, ie a piece cut from a large round cake, cheese, etc 一角蛋糕、 乾酪等.
2 (idm 习语) drive a wedge between A and B => drive1. the thin end of the wedge => thin. wedge, v
1 [Tn, Cn.a] fix (sth) firmly or force (sth) apart using a wedge 用楔子 牢; 用尖劈劈开
The window doesn't stay closed unless you wedge it. 这扇窗户关不严, 得用楔子 上了.
wedge a door open 用楔子抵住门让门敞开.
2 [Tn.pr, Tn.p]
pack or thrust (sth/sb/oneself) tightly into a space 将(某物[某人])塞入或插入某空间
wedge packing material into the spaces round the vase 用填料把花瓶周围楦好
I was so tightly wedged between two other passengers, I couldn't get off the bus. 我紧紧夹在两个乘客中间下不了公共汽车了.
It must have been a gas that could burn but that would not explode, a gas that did not smell strong, and a gas that did not kill people.
它一定是一种能够燃烧而不能爆炸的气体,一种味道不很强的而且不使人致死的气体。
It soon became clear that the straight part of the dance changed when the sun's position changed. If the feeding place was toward the sun, the dancer headed straight upward during the straight part of the wagging dance.