ledge

英 [ledʒ]

美 [ledʒ]

n.  悬崖岩石突出部; 岩架; (平窄的)壁架，横档; (尤指)窗台

复数：ledges　过去式：ledged　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8884 / COCA.8316

牛津词典

noun

• 悬崖岩石突出部；岩架
  a narrow flat piece of rock that sticks out from a cliff
  1. seabirds nesting on rocky ledges
     海鸟在岩架上筑巢
• （平窄的）壁架，横档；（尤指）窗台
  a narrow flat shelf fixed to a wall, especially one below a window
  1. She put the vase of flowers on the window ledge.
     她把那瓶花放在窗台上。

柯林斯词典

• （位于山崖边向外平伸的）岩架，岩脊
  Aledgeis a piece of rock on the side of a cliff or mountain, which is in the shape of a narrow shelf.
• N-COUNT 窗台
  Aledgeis a narrow shelf along the bottom edge of a window.
  1. She had climbed onto the ledge outside his window.
     她爬到了他窗外的窗台上。

英英释义

noun

• a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
  Synonym:shelf

双语例句

• She had climbed onto the ledge outside his window.
  她爬到了他窗外的窗台上。
• He managed to cling on to a ledge 40ft down the rock face
  他设法紧紧地攀在了距岩壁顶端40英尺的岩礁上。
• It had been the third time this week that I crashed on the cluttered, twisting, dropping ledge.
  这已经是我本周第3次在这个乱七八糟、扭扭歪歪的速降平台上摔倒了。
• The soldiers were inching along a ledge on a cliff.
  战士们正在悬崖的突出部分匍匐而行。
• We finally got at a ledge of rock near the summit.
  我们最后到达了靠近峰顶的一块突出的岩崖。
• I balanced on the ledge
  我在窗台上站稳。
• Here on this ledge Tedesco and Sims began working with the field lab they'd brought.
  在这处壁架上，特德斯科和西姆斯利用他们带来的现场研究设备展开了工作。
• Cutler, the head of a produce firm, climbed onto the ledge of his lawyer's office.
  一家生产型企业的老板，爬上了自己的律师办公室的窗台。
• I need somebody to talk me down off the ledge.
  我需要有人在边上帮我。
• I knew that if I jumped up onto the ledge, I would freeze. So, I used walk on air to fly up through the little hole in the floor.
  我知道如果我跳上边缘，我会卡住，所以我用了空中行走飞上穿过那个在地板的小洞。