ledge

ledge
noun
  1. a narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, or other surface
    壁架，崖边突出落脚处
    he heaved himself up over a ledge.
    他费力翻爬上山边的岩石。
    ■a window ledge
    窗台
  2. an underwater ridge, especially of rocks beneath the sea near the shore
    近岸礁石，水下岩脊
    a reef ledge.
    暗礁。
  3. (Mining)a stratum of metal-or ore-bearing rock; a vein of quartz or other mineral
    (矿)矿脉
派生
ledged
adjective
ledgy
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English (denoting a strip of wood or other material fixed across a door, gate, etc.): perhaps from an early form of lay. Sense 1 dates from the mid 16th cent
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