wedge

• vt.楔を打ち込む；押し込む；楔を打ち込む
• vi. 楔を打ち込む；押し込む
• n. くさび；くさび；分裂を引き起こすもの
• n. (Wedge) 人名; (Eng.) ウェッジ

プロト?ゲルマン語の *wagjaz、くさび、PIE *wegh、移動、運搬から。

wedge (n.)

Old English wecg "a wedge," from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz (cognates: Old Norse veggr, Middle Dutch wegge, Dutch wig, Old High German weggi "wedge," dialectal German Weck "wedge-shaped bread roll"), of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Latin vomer "plowshare." From 1610s in reference to other things shaped like a wedge. Of women's shoes or shoe-heels, from 1939. Wedge issue is attested from 1999.

wedge (v.)

early 15c., "jam in place with a wedge; tighten with a wedge," from wedge (n.). Figurative sense "drive or pack (into)" is from 1720. Meaning "split (something) apart with a wedge" attested by 1853. Related: Wedged; wedging.

1. I started to feel Toby was driving a wedge between us.

トビーが私たちの関係を挑発していると感じ始めた。

2. Wedge the plug into the hole.

栓を穴に押し込む。

3.He hammered the wedge into the crack in the stone.

彼はハンマーで楔を石の隙間に打ち込んだ。

4.Put a wedge under the door so that it will stay open.

ドアの下にくさびを差し込んで、ドアが開くようにします。

5.The box won 't wedge into such a narrow space.

その箱はそんな小さな場所には入れられない。