verge
verge 英 [vɜ:dʒ] 美 [vɜrdʒ]
vi. 濒临；处在边缘 n. 边缘
进行时:verging 过去式:verged 过去分词:verged 第三人称单数:verges 名词复数:verges
- Think of an edge, a border, a boundary, and you are thinking about the verge, the point where something begins or ends.
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- vi. 濒临；处在边缘
- n. 边缘
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1. a grass verge
长了草的路边
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2. He was on the verge of tears.
他差点儿哭了出来。
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3. They are on the verge of signing a new contract.
他们即将签订一份新的合同。
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4. Some of his suggestions verged on the outrageous.
他的一些建议都快到了荒唐的地步。
- verge (n.) "edge, rim," mid-15c., from Old French verge "twig, branch; measuring rod; penis; rod or wand of office" (12c.), hence, from the last sense, "scope, territory dominated" (as in estre suz la verge de "be under the authority of"), from Latin virga "shoot, rod, stick, slender green branch," of unknown origin.
- verge (v.1) "tend, incline," c. 1600, from Latin vergere "to bend, turn, tend toward, incline," from PIE *werg- "to turn," from root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend." Influenced by verge (v.2) "provide with a border" (c. 1600); "be adjacent to" (1787), from verge (n.). Related: Verged; verging.
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