ledge

英[ledʒ] 美[lɛdʒ]
  • n. 壁架;突出之部份;暗礁;矿层

词态变化


复数: ledges;

助记提示


1、fly => fledge. lay (v.) => ledge.
2、1、fly + -edge => fledge. lay (v.) + -edge => ledge.
3、字面含义:shelf or shelf-like projection that used to place or lay sth.
4、含义:narrow shelf, shelf-like projection of rock.
5. 美国电影:《窗台上的男人》:《Man on a Ledge》。

中文词源


ledge 窗台,壁架

来自PIE*legh,放置,词源同lay,lager,插入字母d.引申词义放置的窗台,壁架。

英文词源


ledge (n.)
late 13c., "crossbar on a door," perhaps from Middle English verb leggen "to place, lay" (see lay (v.)). Sense of "narrow shelf" is first recorded 1550s; "shelf-like projection of rock" is from 1550s.

双语例句


1. She had climbed onto the ledge outside his window.
她爬到了他窗外的窗台上。

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2. I managed to pull myself up onto a wet, sloping ledge.
我终于爬上了一块潮湿倾斜的暗礁。

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3. I balanced on the ledge.
我在窗台上站稳。

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4. The phone was perched precariously on the window ledge.
电话放在窗台上,摇摇欲坠.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. How can such a large quantity of know - ledge be acquired?
这么大量的知识怎样才能学到 呢 ?

来自《简明英汉词典》