wedge

noun

1. 楔子；三角木
   a piece of wood, rubber, metal, etc. with one thick end and one thin pointed end that you use to keep a door open, to keep two things apart, or to split wood or rock
   1. He hammered the wedge into the crack in the stone.
      他用锤子把楔子砸入石缝里。
   2. I don't want to drive a wedge between the two of you (= to make you start disliking each other) .
      我不想在你们俩中间挑起不和。
2. 楔形物；用作楔子的东西
   something that is shaped like a wedge or that is used like a wedge
   1. a wedge of cake
      一角蛋糕
3. （击高尔夫球的）楔形铁头球杆
   a golf club that has the part that you hit the ball with shaped like a wedge

verb

1. 将…挤入（或塞进、插入）
   to put or squeeze sth tightly into a narrow space, so that it cannot move easily
   1. The boat was now wedged between the rocks.
      船卡在了岩石之间。
   2. She wedged herself into the passenger seat.
      她挤进了旅客座椅中。
2. 把…楔牢（或楔住）
   to make sth stay in a particular position, especially open or shut, by placing sth against it
   1. to wedge the door open
      用楔子卡住门让它开着

1. VERB 把…楔住;把…楔牢
   If you wedge something, 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。
2. VERB 将…塞入;将…插入;将…挤入
   If you wedge something 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。
3. （用来固定门的）楔子，三角木
   A wedge is an object with one pointed edge and one thick edge, which you put under a door to keep it firmly in position.
4. (用于劈开木头等的金属)楔子
   A wedge is 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.
5. (水果、奶酪等)楔形物
   A wedge of something such as fruit or cheese is a piece of it that has a thick triangular shape.
6. PHRASE 破坏…之间的关系;挑拨离间
   If someone drives a wedge between two 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。
7. 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 is the 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。

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。
3. Wedge the plug into the hole
   将塞子塞进洞口。
4. The hotel's wedged right between the two airports.
   那家宾馆正好处于两个机场中间。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. Wedge the cabinet at the base to keep it from tipping.
   在橱底插入楔子不让它倾倒。
8. Petite ladies can also try a silk top, skinny jeans and a wedge heel.
   娇小的女士们上身也可以尝试丝绸面料的衣服，与紧身牛仔裤和坡跟鞋搭配。
9. They are driving an ideological, political and cultural wedge between Russia and the west.
   制裁在俄罗斯和西方之间划下了意识形态、政治和文化的鸿沟。
10. Are you ready to end your wedge and now plough turns?
    你准备好了结束你的犁式滑行和犁式转弯了吗？
11. The spectrum and pulse autocorrelation trace evolution with intracavity dispersion are investigated by adjusting the insertion of intracavity wedge.
    通过调节腔内光楔的插入量，研究了锁模光谱与自相关曲线随腔内净色散的演化过程。
12. I knew that there would be many attempts to drive a wedge between Sherman Adams and me.
    我知道很多人将企图离间我和谢尔曼·亚当斯的关系。
13. The theoretical and calculating models of field emission properties of metal cone and wedge are established.
    建立了金属圆锥和楔形场发射体性能的理论计算模型。
14. So we just had to wedge it closed.
    我们就把它关上了。
15. Pick up the IRON WEDGE on the stairs in front of you.
    拿起就在你面前的楼梯铁楔。
16. Wedge packing into this crack.
    把填料塞入这裂缝中。
17. The influence of the design parameters on the static characteristics of spiral oil wedge hydrodynamic bearing is investigated theoretically.
    研究了设计参数对螺旋槽流体动压滑动轴承静特性的影响。
18. The structure and working principle of an ultraviolet single photon imaging system based on the microchannel plates and the wedge and strip anode are introduced.
    介绍了基于微通道板和楔条形阳极的紫外单光子成像系统的组成和工作原理。
19. They are trying to drive a wedge between us and the atabs.
    他们正企图离间我们和阿拉伯人的关系。
20. And clamp is the device of the wedge.
    夹具则是采用了楔块夹紧装置。
21. He had a banana and a wedge of cheese for lunch.
    他中饭吃一根香蕉和一块楔形的奶酪。
22. She's here to drive a wedge between me and those guys.
    她来这里是要挑拨我和那些家伙的关系。
23. The structure and principle of two new types of cutting tools ( bevel wedge type and eccentric type) for boring O-ring grooves have been introduced in this paper.
    本文介绍了斜楔式和偏心式两种新型内孔挖槽刀具的结构和原理。
24. The wedge equivalent friction interaction model is founded based on the wedge friction mec.
    在斜楔摩擦减振机理和受力分析基础上建立了斜楔等效摩擦模型。
25. The inner end of sampling tube is one-sided slant wedge with the caliber of check valve;
    采样管的里端头为与逆止阀的内口径呈上斜面的单面楔形；
26. A wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together.
    把两块东西连接起来的通过凹槽插入楔子和大头针。
27. A model of wedge ( or V-shaped) dielectric loaded horn is introduced in this paper.
    提出了一种尖劈形介质加载喇叭模型。
28. This emphasizes the wedge shape, and also allows for enhanced rear headroom and improved aerodynamics.
    这强调了楔形，并加强后排空间和改进的空气动力允许。
29. And I feel that my attitude about that is affecting my progress, and driving a wedge between us.
    我感到我对这个问题的态度影响了我的成长，令我俩产生了隔阂。
30. The mechanism is simplified because the wedge block mechanism is cancelled, improving the reliability of the device.
    取消了楔块机构，简化了机构，提高可靠性。

n.

the thin end of the wedge

• （不好的事物的）端倪，开端
  an event or action that is the beginning of sth more serious and/or unpleasant

noun

1. a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object

   Synonym:    chock

2. something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them

3. (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole

4. a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe

   Synonym:    wedge heel

5. a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation

   Synonym:    hacek

6. 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)

   Synonym:    bombergrinderherohero sandwichhoagiehoagyCuban sandwichItalian sandwichpoor boysubsubmarinesubmarine sandwichtorpedozep

7. any shape that is triangular in cross section

   Synonym:    wedge shapecuneus

verb

1. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
   1. I squeezed myself into the corner

   Synonym:    squeezeforce

2. put, fix, force, or implant
   1. lodge a bullet in the table
   2. stick your thumb in the crack

   Synonym:    lodgestickdeposit