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Edging is something that forms an edge or border. Think of the strip of grass along a path, the lace sewn around a cloth, the thin tiles around a mirror, or a line of flowers around a garden bed. It is the finishing border, not the main thing in the middle.
Edging is somethingEdging 是一種東西,that forms an edge or border會構成邊緣或邊界。 Think of想想看,the strip of grass along a path沿著小路的一條草皮、the lace sewn around a cloth縫在布邊的蕾絲、the thin tiles around a mirror鏡子周圍的細磁磚,or a line of flowers around a garden bed或是花圃邊上一排花。 It is the finishing border它是收邊用的邊框,not the main thing in the middle不是中間的主體。
people, , and people who fix up a house use it as a quiet, practical noun.
Sewing people, gardeners, and people who fix up a house做裁縫的人、園丁,還有整修房子的人,use it as a quiet, practical noun都把它當成一個低調、實用的名詞來用。
The same spelling is also the -ing form of the verb edge: “edging toward the door” means moving there little by little. That is the same family, used as an action rather than as a thing you can point to.
The same spelling is also the -ing form of the verb edge同樣的拼法也是動詞 edge 的 -ing 形式:“edging toward the door”「edging toward the door(一點一點朝門口移動)」means moving there little by little意思是一點一點地往那裡移動。 That is the same family這是同一個字族,used as an action rather than as a thing you can point to只是被當成一個動作,而不是一個你能指出來的東西。
The border meaning is the one this entry is for; the slow-moving meaning is just sitting next to it in real English.
The border meaning is the one this entry is for「邊框」這個意思才是這個詞條在講的,the slow-moving meaning is just sitting next to it in real English「慢慢移動」的意思只是在真實英文裡剛好挨在旁邊。
組成edge + -ing: either “the thing that makes an edge” or “the action of putting / moving along an edge.”
同家族的字
- edgeedging is the border, built from edge
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
edgingnoun/ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɪŋ/
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Anything that forms, defines, or marks the edge of something.
- The decorative edging around the door makes it easier to find in the dark.
- A means was found, for example, of fitting rubber edging to the doors and still retaining the handle and door lock.
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climbinghobbieslifestyleA technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
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The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
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The sexual technique of maintaining a high level of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。