Edge
[edʒ] or [ɛdʒ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; 'he rounded the edges of the box'.
(noun.) the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something; 'the edge of the leaf is wavy'; 'she sat on the edge of the bed'; 'the water's edge'.
(noun.) a slight competitive advantage; 'he had an edge on the competition'.
(noun.) the attribute of urgency in tone of voice; 'his voice had an edge to it'.
(noun.) the boundary of a surface.
(verb.) provide with an edge; 'edge a blade'.
(verb.) advance slowly, as if by inches; 'He edged towards the car'.
伊万杰琳校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
(v. t.) Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
(v. t.) Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
(v. t.) The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
(v. t.) To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
(v. t.) To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
(v. t.) To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
(v. t.) To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
(v. t.) To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
(v. i.) To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
(v. i.) To sail close to the wind.
戈代娃手打
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Cutting side (of a blade).[2]. Border, rim, brim, margin, verge, brink.[3]. Keenness, sharpness, intensity.
v. a. [1]. Sharpen.[2]. Fringe, border.[3]. Move sideways, move little by little.
v. n. Move sideways, move little by little.
手打:托马斯
解釋/意思:
n. the border of anything: the brink: the cutting side of an instrument: something that wounds or cuts: sharpness of mind or appetite: keenness.—v.t. to put an edge on: to place a border on: to exasperate: to urge on: to move by little and little.—v.i. to move sideways.—n. Edge′-bone the haunch-bone.—adjs. Edged; Edge′less without an edge: blunt.—ns. Edge′-rail a rail of such form that the carriage-wheels roll on its edges being held there by flanges; Edge′-tool Edged tool a tool with a sharp edge.—advs. Edge′ways Edge′wise in the direction of the edge: sideways.—ns. Edg′iness angularity over-sharpness of outline; Edg′ing any border or fringe round a garment: a border of box &c. round a flower-bed.—adj. Edg′y with edges sharp hard in outline.—Edge in a word to get a word in with difficulty; Edge of the sword a rhetorical phrase for the sword as the symbol of slaughter.—Outside edge figure in skating made on the outer edge of the skate.—Play with edge-tools to deal carelessly with dangerous matters.—Set on edge to excite; Set the teeth on edge to cause a strange grating feeling in the teeth; to rouse an instinctive dislike.
手打:凯勒
例句/造句/用法:
- Knife-edge girdle diamonds are impractical owing to the liability of chipping the thin edge in setting or by blows while being worn. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Your nerves are all on edge. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Might I ask you, Watson, to open that window, and then to put a match to the edge of the straw? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- On the edge of her consciousness the question was asking itself, automatically: 'Why ARE you behaving in this IMPOSSIBLE and ridiculous fashion. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Sherlock Holmes picked them up one by one, and laid them along the edge of the table. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- He ran his thumbnail around the edge of the box and, opening the lid, handed them to Pablo who took half a dozen. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I bent over the body, and took in my hand the edge of his cloak, less altered in appearance than the human frame it clothed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Ingenious forms of hand-operated ironing machines for turning over and ironing the edges of collars, and other articles, are in successful use. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Other stone-cutting machines had for their objects the cutting and moulding the edges of tables, mantels and slabs; and the cutting of circular and other curved work. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The white, snow-like vapor seen falling over the edges of the tumbler is intensely cold and heavier than ordinary air. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The diaphragm A, of thin ferrotype plate, is clamped at its edges between the cap, or mouth-piece, and the handle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- All broken, and worm-eaten, and crumbling to dust at the edges. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- These mirrors are hinged at O O, and when swung outward rest by their external edges against the bar P, and then occupy the position shown by the dotted lines G′ G′. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The sense of walls, dry, thin, flimsy-seeming walls, and a flimsy flooring, pale with its artificial black edges, was neutralising to the mind. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Holmes edged his way round the wall and flinging the shutters together, he bolted them securely. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The double-edged question was yours. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It's wrote on gilt-edged paper,' said Sam, as he unfolded it, 'and sealed in bronze vax vith the top of a door key. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- At this little expression of opinion, Mr. Jinks smiled again--rather more feebly than before--and edged himself, by degrees, back into his own corner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The photograph becomes a double-edged weapon now. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Another feature of the lock is the thin, flat keys with bevel-edged notchings, or with longitudinal sinuous corrugations to fit a narrow slit of a cylinder lock. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- In his girdle he wore a long and double-edged dagger, which was the only offensive weapon about his person. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Yes, said I, edging him a little away with my shoulder. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- No, thank ye--it don't agree with me, said the little man, edging off. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Young gentlemen who go to college are rather more costly than that, Mrs. Garth innocently continued, pulling out the edging on a cap-border. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The candle, wasted at last, went out; as it expired, I perceived streaks of grey light edging the window curtains: dawn was then approaching. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Another, SHE calls it tucker-edging. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
手打:凯勒