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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   edge

   • IPA[ej]

   美式

   • n.
     the outside limit of an object, area, or surface; a place or part farthest away from the center of something；an area next to a steep drop
   • v.
     provide with a border or edge；move gradually, carefully, or furtively in a particular direction

   • verb: edge, 3rd person present: edges, gerund or present participle: edging, past tense: edged, past participle: edged

   • noun: edge, plural noun: edges

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the outside limit of an object, area, or surface; a place or part farthest away from the center of something a willow tree at the water's edge these measures are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider issue 同義詞 border, boundary, extremity, fringe, margin, ... 更多side, lip, rim, brim, brink, verge, perimeter, circumference, periphery, contour, outline, limit, limits, outer limit, bound, bounds, literarymarge, bourn, skirt反義詞 middle
   • ▪ an area next to a steep drop the cliff edge
   • ▪ the point immediately before something unpleasant or momentous occurs or someone loses control the economy was teetering on the edge of recession they pushed themselves to the edge of exhaustion
   • 2. the sharpened side of the blade of a cutting implement or weapon a knife with a razor-sharp edge
   • ▪ the line along which two surfaces of a solid meet.
   • ▪ an intense, sharp, or striking quality a flamenco singer brings a primitive edge to the music she was still smiling, but there was an edge to her voice 同義詞 sharpness, severity, bite, sting, pointedness, ... 更多asperity, pungency, mordancy, acerbity, acidity, tartness, trenchancy, sarcasm, acrimony, malice, spite, venom, rarecausticity, mordacity反義詞 kindness
   • 3. a quality or factor that gives superiority over close rivals or competitors the veal had the edge on flavor 同義詞 advantage, lead, head, head start, trump card, ... 更多the whip hand, superiority, the upper hand, dominance, ascendancy, supremacy, primacy, precedence, power, mastery, control, sway, authority, informalthe catbird seat, the box seat反義詞 disadvantage

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. provide with a border or edge the pool is edged with paving 同義詞 border, fringe, rim, verge, skirt, ... 更多be alongside, surround, enclose, encircle, circle, encompass, bound, line, flank, trim, pipe, band, decorate, finish, border, fringe, bind, hem
   • 2. move gradually, carefully, or furtively in a particular direction she tried to edge away from him Hazel quietly edged him away from the others 同義詞 creep, inch (one's way), worm (one's way), work (one's way), pick one's way, ... 更多nose (one's way), ease (oneself), ease (one's way), advance slowly, advance stealthily, sidle, steal, slink
   • ▪ US informal defeat by a small margin Connecticut avoided an upset and edged Yale 49–48
   • 3. give an intense or sharp quality to desperation edged her voice
   • 4. ski with one's weight on the edges of one's skis you will be edging early, controlling a parallel turn

   片語

   • on edge
   • on the edge of one's seat
   • over the edge
   • set someone's teeth on edge
   • take the edge off
   • edge out