wedge

kama, dilim

Bir ucu kalın, diğer ucu ince olan, çoğunlukla iki şeyi ayrı tutmak için kullanılan parça.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A piece with a thick end and a thin edge, often used to hold things apart.

• Put a wedge under the door.
• She served the fish with lemon wedges.
• He drove a metal wedge into the log.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: wooden wedge, lemon wedge, cheese wedge, metal wedge

ayrılık nedeni, ayrılık

İnsanların veya grupların anlaşmazlığa düşmesine ya da birbirinden uzaklaşmasına yol açan şey.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Something that makes people or groups disagree or grow apart.

• The dispute drove a wedge between them.
• Politics can create a wedge between friends.
• Her lies became a wedge in their marriage.

Nasıl kullanılır: a wedge between A and B (Money became a wedge between the brothers.)

Eş anlamlılar: division, barrier

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: drive a wedge, wedge between people

sıkıştırmak

Bir şeyi dar bir yere zorlayarak sokup sıkıca yerleştirmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: If you force something into a tight space, you push it in until it fits closely.

• Wedge the bag into that gap.
• My shoe was wedged between two rocks.
• Can we wedge another chair into this corner?

Nasıl kullanılır: wedge something between A and B (She wedged her bag between two seats.); wedge something into something (He wedged the box into the cupboard.)

Eş anlamlılar: jam, cram

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: wedge something in, wedge something between, wedge into something

sabitlemek, kamayla tutturmak

Altına veya yanına sert bir nesne koyarak bir şeyi yerinde sıkıca tutmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: If you put a solid object under or against something, you keep it firmly in place.

• Wedge the door open, please.
• She wedged the window shut with a small block.
• The table was wedged securely with pieces of wood.

Nasıl kullanılır: wedge something open/shut (We wedged the door open with a brick.); wedge something with something (They wedged the wheel with a wooden block.)

Eş anlamlılar: prop, secure

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: wedge something open, wedge something shut

kilitlenmek, donmak

Bilgisayarın veya programın tepki vermeyi kesip çalışamaz hale gelmesi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: If a computer or program does this, it stops responding and cannot continue working.

• The server may wedge during startup.
• The kernel wedged after the update.
• If the process wedges, restart the computer.

Eş anlamlılar: freeze, hang

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: system can wedge, program may wedge