ledge

英 [led?] 美[l?d?]
  • n. 壁架；突出之部份；暗礁；礦層
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詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?ledges;

助記提示

1、fly => fledge. lay (v.) => ledge.
2、1、fly + -edge => fledge. lay (v.) + -edge => ledge.
3、字面含義：shelf or shelf-like projection that used to place or lay sth.
4、含義：narrow shelf, shelf-like projection of rock.
5. 美國電影：《窗臺(tái)上的男人》：《Man on a Ledge》。

中文詞源

ledge 窗臺(tái)，壁架

來自PIE*legh,放置，詞源同lay,lager,插入字母d.引申詞義放置的窗臺(tái)，壁架。

英文詞源

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.

雙語例句

1. She had climbed onto the ledge outside his window.
她爬到了他窗外的窗臺(tái)上。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I managed to pull myself up onto a wet, sloping ledge.
我終于爬上了一塊潮濕傾斜的暗礁。

來自柯林斯例句

3. I balanced on the ledge.
我在窗臺(tái)上站穩(wěn)。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The phone was perched precariously on the window ledge.
電話放在窗臺(tái)上,搖搖欲墜.

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. How can such a large quantity of know - ledge be acquired?
這么大量的知識(shí)怎樣才能學(xué)到 呢 ?

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》