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基本釋義

n.
邊線; 刀鋒; (危險)臨界點; 優(yōu)勢; 影響力; 尖銳聲調
v.
緩慢地移動; 給…加邊; 略微增加(變好)

詞性變化

實用例句

Don't put that glass so near the edge of the table.

別把那只玻璃杯放在離桌邊太近的地方。

牛津詞典

I sat down at the water's edge.

我在水邊坐了下來。

牛津詞典

Stand the coin on its edge.

讓硬幣豎起來。

牛津詞典

Be careful─it has a sharp edge.

小心點——這刀刃很鋒利。

牛津詞典

They had brought the country to the edge of disaster.

他們使國家瀕臨災難。

牛津詞典

The company needs to improve its competitive edge .

公司必須提高它的競爭力。

牛津詞典

They have the edge on us.

他們略勝我們一籌。

牛津詞典

Her show now has a hard political edge to it.

她現(xiàn)在的表演具有強烈的政治性。

牛津詞典

He did his best to remain calm, but there was a distinct edge to his voice.

盡管他竭力保持鎮(zhèn)靜,話音里仍明顯帶有怒氣。

牛津詞典

a lace-edged handkerchief

有網(wǎng)眼花邊的手絹

牛津詞典

The game had the crowd on the edge of their seats.

這場比賽使觀眾興奮不已。

牛津詞典

He stood on the edge of the cliff.

他站在懸崖邊上。

牛津詞典

a big house on/at the edge of town

城邊的一棟大房子

牛津詞典

Greene's stories had an edge of realism.

格林的小說有強烈的現(xiàn)實主義色彩。

But underneath the humour is an edge of bitterness...

但是幽默的背后卻透著怨氣。

There was a nervous edge to his voice.

他的聲音有些緊張。

My nerves were constantly on edge.

我的神經(jīng)時刻處于緊繃狀態(tài)。

Most of the time the audience is on the edge of its seat.

大多數(shù)時候,觀眾都屏息凝神。

The show, despite some rough edges, was an instant success.

雖然有一些瑕疵,演出還是一舉獲得了成功。

A spell of poor health took the edge off her performance.

一度身體欠佳令她表現(xiàn)有失水準。

We were on a hill, right on the edge of town...

我們在恰位于城鎮(zhèn)邊緣的一座小山上。

She was standing at the water's edge...

她正站在水邊。

...the sharp edge of the sword.

鋒利的劍刃

He edged closer to the telephone, ready to grab it...

他慢慢挪向電話機,準備抓起聽筒。

He is edging ahead in the opinion polls.

他在民意測驗中的支持率正一點點攀升。

They have driven the rhino to the edge of extinction...

他們已經(jīng)令犀牛瀕臨滅絕。

She was on the edge of tears.

她淚水盈眶。

The three days France have to prepare could give them the edge over England...

法國有3天的準備時間,這可能會讓他們在對陣英格蘭時占上風。

Through superior production techniques they were able to gain the competitive edge.

憑借先進的生產(chǎn)技術,他們得以占據(jù)競爭優(yōu)勢。

Featuring new bands gives the show an edge...

以新樂隊為主打是這次演出的一個亮點。

真題例句

There's part of this sickening horror of knowing you're walking on the edge with this, that I kind of like, knowing that it could all fall apart at any second.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowable as a pebble .

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

ZEH communities are the leading edge of technologies that might someday create houses that produce as much energy as they consume.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

The people we see now have three or four part-time jobs and they're still right on the edge financially.

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

Finally, on June 7, McLaughlin once again demonstrated his carelessness by knocking down several mailboxes near the edge of the company's parking lot.

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

After making a stop for a few hours at a British station on the edge of Antarctica, the two workers were flown to the southernmost Chilean city of Punta Arenas.

2019年6月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

Shimmering glass towers line the canal's edge.

2019年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

The animal made it to the roof of the building, after it took a long break on a 17th floor window edge.

2019年12月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

The brown animal was spotted stuck on a narrow window edge of the office tower.

2019年12月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

It is going to lose its competitive edge in higher education.

出自-2011年6月閱讀原文

The proof, which was published last week in Science, comes from a team of scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden and California Institute of Technology who drew deep holes near the edge of ice sheet.

出自-2010年12月聽力原文

But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable " suborbital " flights — brief ventures just to the edge of space's vast darkness.

2015年12月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

In many cases, you could stand at the edge one village and see the outskirts of the next community.

2018年12月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

Protein can give them the edge they need to speed that process.

2019年12月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

During these waits, the brain slips away from the body and wanders about until the water runs over the edge of the counter and onto your socks.

2017年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Each time the bowl of rice is pushed over the table edge, it falls in the ground---and, in the process, it belongs out important evidence about how physical objects interact: bowls of rice do not flood in mid-air, but require support to remain stable.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(6月) 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that you're standing at the ocean's edge.

2016年高考英語全國卷3 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

Gin spent five months in early 2015 exploring the most remote corners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, with half its population of only 250, 000 living in its capital, Cayenne.

2016年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Next, cover the hole with the plastic sheet, securing the edges of the plastic with dirt and weighting the sheet's center down with a rock.

2017年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

On the edge of the car park I backed into the next available spot--it was a tight fit.

2015年高考英語上海卷 語法填空 A 原文

On the edge of the Jacket, there is a piece of cloth which/that gives off light in the dark.

2019年高考英語浙江卷 語法填空 原文

She may have fed on the body of a sheep which had also fallen over the edge.

2015年高考英語陜西卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

The numbers might sound small, but they are the leading edge of a dangerous trend.

2017年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Then she ran along the edge of cliff and fell 100 feet, bouncing off a rock into the sea.

2015年高考英語陜西卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

They couldn't see or hear each other and, by mistake, simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice.

2014年高考英語全國卷2 完形填空 原文

They do so best where building sticks to their edges and respects their character.

出自-2016年考研閱讀原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. the boundary of a surface

  • 2. a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object;

    "he rounded the edges of the box"

  • 3. a line determining the limits of an area

  • 4. the attribute of urgency;

    "his voice had an edge to it"

  • 5. a slight competitive advantage;

    "he had an edge on the competition"

  • 6. a strip near the boundary of an object;

    "he jotted a note on the margin of the page"

Verb
  • 1. advance slowly, as if by inches;

    "He edged towards the car"

  • 2. provide with a border or edge;

    "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"

  • 3. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

    "Canada adjoins the U.S."

    "England marches with Scotland"

  • 4. provide with an edge;

    "edge a blade"

同義詞辨析

edge, border, margin, rim, verge, brim, fringe

這些名詞均有"邊,邊緣"之意。

  • edge: 普通用詞,指較窄的邊沿。
  • border: 側重剛好在界線內的一部分表面上,指較寬的邊緣,也可指邊緣本身。
  • margin: 指物體的空白邊,一般較寬。
  • rim: 指圓形或有曲線的物體的邊緣。
  • verge: 指明顯地標志一個表在或一廣闊空間的邊界,或終端線,也指極狹窄的空間。常用作比喻。
  • brim: 指深容器的內邊或河、湖等水域的最高線。
  • fringe: 指地毯的須邊、圍巾的花邊、燙發(fā)的卷邊或人群的邊緣。

同義詞

反義詞

n.刀口;鋒;邊;

center

最新英語單詞

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