wedge
Pronunciation: [wedʒ]
Average Rank: 16351
Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICTn. 楔子, 楔形物, 起因, 导致分裂的东西 vt. 楔住, 挤进, 楔入 vi. 楔入, 挤进
Detailed Explanations:
- n. any shape that is triangular in cross section
- n. (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- n. something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
- v. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating:
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Difficulty:
INTERMEDIATE
Exam Tags:
cet6
ky
ielts
Word Forms:
Plural:
wedges
Past Participle:
wedged
Past:
wedged
Present Participle:
wedging
3rd Person:
wedges
Word Frequency Rankings
TV & Movie Scripts
#9054Conversational and colloquial usage
Percentile: 9.5%
(Top 9.5% most frequent)
Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus