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    Two connected meanings, both about underwear pulled up tight between your . First, the situation itself: your underwear has ridden up and is uncomfortable, so you "have a wedgie" and you quietly try to fix it.

    Two connected meanings有兩個相關的意思, both about underwear pulled up tight between your buttocks都跟內褲被拉緊卡進屁股縫有關. First第一, the situation itself指這個狀況本身: your underwear has ridden up and is uncomfortable你的內褲往上跑、很不舒服, so you "have a wedgie"所以你'have a wedgie'(內褲夾到屁股) and you quietly try to fix it然後偷偷想把它調整好.

    Second, the prank: one person grabs the back of someone's underwear and it up hard. That is the school-playground meaning, and it is what people usually mean when they say "give someone a wedgie". It is a childish, slightly cruel joke — funny to the person doing it, not to the person receiving it, and it can genuinely hurt.

    Second第二, the prank指惡作劇: one person grabs the back of someone's underwear一個人抓住某人內褲後面 and yanks it up hard用力往上拉. That is the school-playground meaning這是校園裡的意思, and it is what people usually mean也是人們通常指的事 when they say "give someone a wedgie"當他們說'give someone a wedgie'(抽人家內褲)時. It is a childish, slightly cruel joke這是一種幼稚、有點殘忍的玩笑 — funny to the person doing it對做的人來說好笑, not to the person receiving it對被整的人來說不好笑, and it can genuinely hurt而且真的會痛.

    The word is very informal and a bit rude to say in polite company, but it is not a swear word; adults use it too, usually laughing. Common patterns: have a wedgie, get a wedgie, give someone a wedgie, pick a wedgie out.

    The word is very informal and a bit rude to say in polite company這個字非常口語,在正式場合說出來有點粗魯, but it is not a swear word但不是髒話; adults use it too, usually laughing大人也會用,通常是笑著說. Common patterns常見的搭配: have a wedgiehave a wedgie(內褲夾屁股), get a wedgieget a wedgie(被夾), give someone a wedgiegive someone a wedgie(抽別人內褲), pick a wedgie outpick a wedgie out(把夾住的內褲拉出來).

    Some people also use "wedgie" for shoes with a wedge heel, though "wedges" is the normal word there.

    Some people also use有些人也會用 "wedgie""wedgie" for shoes with a wedge heel指楔形跟的鞋子, though "wedges" is the normal word there不過那種鞋子正常會說'wedges'.

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組成wedge (a thick triangle-shaped piece that gets pushed into a narrow gap) + -ie (a playful, casual ending). So: the underwear gets wedged in, and the -ie makes it sound like a joke rather than an injury.

同家族的字

  • wedgethe base word — something forced into a narrow space
  • doggiesame playful -ie ending that makes a word sound childish or friendly

原始詞典資料6 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。

wedgienoun/ˈwɛdʒ.i/

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    A wedge-heeled shoe.

    • Her brown wedgies squeaked with discount price defiance, as she walked redly and pinkly along the broken brick sidewalk.
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    slangA prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks.

    • If the strippers learn that there is a bachelor party, they will often call the groom onstage and publicly embarrass him. They may tie him up, whip him, tease him, give him a wedgie, cover him in whipped cream, beat his ass with a belt, put a dog collar on him, walk him around the stage like a dog, and/or humiliate him with whatever objects are at their disposal.
    • When Laura tells Bart that she can teach him to dance, Bart and Laura are suddenly transformed into Astaire and Rogers in a black-and-white fantasy sequence before Bart’s reverie is abruptly ended when Laura reverts back to bratty tomboy form and gives him a wedgie.
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    slangA situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks.

    • I thought, maybe she had an uncomfortable wedgie or something and was trying to work that out. I looked away thinking how embarrassing it must be especially with people staring.
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    slangball-gamesbasketballgamesA basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt.

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    A wedge-tailed eagle.

    • The white-bellied sea eagle is almost as big as a wedgie and handsomely marked in grey and white.
    • Well over a century later the ‘wedgie’ continues to be persecuted, with some rural Tasmanians taking a gun to it when they can.

wedgieverb/ˈwɛdʒ.i/

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    slangTo play the wedgie prank on.

    • Last year's juniors had wedgied last year's freshmen, and then each freshman victim had happily joined the patrol, its aficionados claimed.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。