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    Verge has two common meanings. As a noun, the verge is the edge of something, or the point right before something happens — 'on the verge of tears' means about to cry. In British English, 'the verge' is also the strip of grass beside a road. As a verb, 'verge on' means to be very close to being something, often something extreme (an idea that verges on crazy).

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組成This word probably comes from an old word for a measuring rod — a rod used to mark a boundary line, which is how 'verge' came to mean an edge.

原始詞典資料16 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。

Vergename

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    A surname.

vergenoun詞源 1/vɜːd͡ʒ/

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    A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.

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    historicalA rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.

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    An edge or border.

    • Even though we go to the extreme verge of possibility to invent a supposition favourable to it, the theory[…]implies an absurdity.
    • But on the horizon's verge descried, Hangs, touched with light, one snowy sail.
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    An edge or border.

    • The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock.
    • On the other side of the car, another armed officer was seen attending to the passenger, who was lying on a grassy verge.
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    An edge or border.

    • I was on the verge of tears.
    • The tremendous tragedy in which he had been involved – it was evident he was a fugitive from Weybridge - had driven him to the very verge of his reason.
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    obsoleteThe phallus.

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    obsoletebiologynatural-scienceszoologyThe phallus.

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    An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.

另外 5 個記錄的用法
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    A circumference; a circle; a ring.

    • The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow.
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    architectureThe shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.

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    architectureThe eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.

    • The smaller ribs of tiles that run down to the eaves, along the ridges in a hip-roof, or border the verge in a gable-roof , often terminate in some ornamental tile in high-relief .
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    hobbieshorologylifestyleThe spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.

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    vulgarobsoletePenis.

vergeverb詞源 2/vɜːd͡ʒ/

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    To be or come very close; to border; to approach.

    • Eating blowfish verges on insanity.
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    To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope.

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。