edel-weiss /'eidlvais/
noun a European mountain plant with small white
flowers火绒草，雪绒花（产于欧洲高
山地带）
edema {
edge /ed3/ noun, verb
■
noun 1 [C] the outside limit
of an object, a surface or an area; the part furthest from the centre 边；.边缘；边
线；边沿：He stood on the edge qf
the cZi)5F•他站 i 悬崖 .边上。◊ a big house 〇n/at t/ie edge 〇/ town.城边的 一栋大房子 〇 Don’t put that
gZass so near the edge 〇/ t/ietaWe.别把那只玻璃杯放在离桌边太近的地方。◊ J sat down at the water’s edge.我在水边坐了下来。◊ Stand the coin on its edge•让硬币竖.起来。一 see
also leading edge 2 [C] the sharp part of
a blade, knife or sword that is used for cutting
刀.口 ；.力刃；利刃：
Be careful—it has a sharp edge.小心点一一这刀刃很
锋利。一 picture o cutlery see also knife-edge 3 (usually
the edge) {sing.] the point
at which sth, espe- cially sth bad, may begin to happen (.尤指灾难的 >
缘 HE! brink, verge ： They had brought the
country to the edge 〇/disaster•他们後国家瀕临灾难。一see also cutting edge 4 [sing.]〜(on/over sb/sth) a slight advantage over
sb/sth (微弱 南 ） 优势： The
company needs to improved competitive edge•公司必须提嵩它的■竞争
力。◊ TTiey have the edge on us.他们‘亟我们一筹。
5 [sing.] a strong, often exciting, quality 锐利；敏锐；尖 锐：Her show now has a hard
poHricaZ edge to it•她现
在的表演具有强烈的政治性。6 [sing.] a sharp tone of voice, often showing anger尖刻的声调；愤怒的语气：
He
did his best to remain calm, but there was a distinct edge to his voice.尽管他竭力保持镇静，话音里仍明显带
有怒气。7 -edged (in adjectives 构成形容词）having the type of edge or edges mentioned 有…边的；有…棱
的；有…锋的：a〖ace-edged handkerchief有网眼运边的
^■絹一see also gilt-edged fT»!igl be on edge to be nervous, excited
or bad-tempered 紧张不安；激动;： '烦
躁 O note at nervous on the edge of your 丨seat very excited and giving
your full attention to sth 异常兴奋；
极为激动；有浓厚兴趣：game had the crowd on the
edge 〇/ their seats, k场比赛使观众兴奋不已。take the 'edge off
sth to
make sth less strong, less bad, etc. M 弱；使变钝；挫伤…的锐气：I7ie sandwich toofc the edge my appetite. &份三明治使我食欲大减。_ more at FRAY V：, RAZOR, ROUGH adj., TEETER, TOOTH
• verb 1 [+adv；/prep.] to move or to move sth
slowly and carefully in a particular direction: ■(..使）徐徐移3，渐 渐移动：[V] She
edged a Zittie doser to me.她慢慢地向舍 秦近了 一些。◊ J edged nervously past the dog.我紧张不 会地众狗旁边慢慢走过去。◊ [VN] £mi〖y edged her chafr /onvard.埃米莉把椅子慢慢地向前挪动。2 [VN] [usually passive]〜sth (with/in sth) to put sth around the
edge of sth 给…加边：TTie handfcercfiie/ is edged
with iace..这条 手絹镶秦网眼花边。3 [V +fldv.//?re/?.] to increase or decrease slightly.略为增加（或减少）：.Prices
edged up 2% in the year to December, gj 12月为止的年度价格上舍
了.
2%e .edge sb/sth^'out
(of sth) to
move sb
from their position or job
gradually, especially when they are not fully aware of what is happening 运渐将••• 排备出：She was edged out qf the
company by the new directory新上任的经理一步步把她排挤出了公司。
,edge ' city noun {NAm^) a
large area of buildings on the edge of a city，usually near a main road 边缘城，卫星
城（通常位于主干公路旁}
edge-ways /'ed3weiz/ (6r£) [NAmE edge-wise /-waiz/) fldv. with the edge upwards or forwards; on one side 边 向上（或向前）？侧着；斜着：Ybu^H onZy get t/ie
desfc through the door i/you turn it edgeways.你要把书桌侧
着才能搬过这道门。IM1 see word /?.
edging /'edsiq/ noun [U, C] something that forms the border or
edge of sth，added to make .it more attractive， etc.边缘；饰边；缘饰
637 editable
edgy /'ed3i/ adj. {informaf) 1 nervous,
especially about what might happen 紧张的；烦躁不安品：She}s been ve/y edgy 〖ate〖y.她近来一直烦躁不安。◊ A/ter the recent unrest there is an edgy caZm
in the capital 最近的骚乱
之后，首都平静得令人不安。〇 note at nervous 2 (of a film/movie,
book, piece of music, etc•电影、书籍、乐
曲等）having _a sharp exciting
quality 紧张的；激动人心
的：adever, edgy用m—部情节巧妙、扣人心弦的电影
►
edgi'ly adv.
： Tm not sure I can make
it tomorrow,' he sm’dedgiiy. “我不敢肯定明天能成功。”他紧张不安地
说。edgi.ness 麵n [U, sing.]
EDI
/,{： di: 'ai/ noun [U] (computing if) a system that is used in
business for sending information between different companies’ computer systems
(the abbreviation for ‘electronic data interchange’） 电子数据交换系
统（全写为electronic data interchange，公司间局域网信i 传>送系统）
ed-ible /'edabl/
adj. fit or suitable to be
eaten; not poisonous适宜食用的；（无毒而）可以吃的：The food at the hoteZ was barely
ediWe•这家旅馆的食物简直不能
入P。◊ edible九ngi/snaik/yiowers可去用囟貪菌类植物/ 蜗•牛/花
edict /'iidikt/
noun [Uj C] (formal) an official order or
statement given by sb in authority 法令；命令；敕令
HTHI DECREE
edi-fi-ca-tion /.edifi'keijn/
noun [U] (formal or humorous) the improvemient of-sb’s
mind or character 教化.；启 迪；陶冶：The books were
intended for the edification of /jmsses.这些书旨在教化民众。
edi-fice /'edrfis/
noun
(format) a
large impressive building 大厦；宏伟建逢：an imposing edi；/ice —座 宏伟的建筑◊ (//gwraf/ve)
Their new mam/esto hardly threatens to bring the whole edifice of
capitalism crashing down.他们新的宣言声称要摧毁整个邊本主义
大厦，这是不可能 W。◊ (//!gwraf/Ve) an edi；/ke 〇/ Hes
谎 连篇 o
note at building
edify/'edifai/ verb (edi-fies, edify ing, edi-fied, edi-fied) [V, VN] (formal) to improve people's
minds or characters by teaching them about sth 教Ik;启迪；教诲
edify-ing /'edifani]/
adj.
{formal
or humorous) likely to improve youf
min& or your character 启迪的；■有启发意
义1的；起教化作用的
edit /'edit/ verb 1 to prepare a piece of
writing, a book, etc. to be published by correcting the mistakes, making
improvements to it, etc.编辑，编纂，校订（文章、书籍
等）.：[VN] I know that this draft text will need to be edited. _知道这篇草稿需要校订。◊ TTiis is the
edited version
of my speech (= some parts have been taken out).这是我的演讲稿选编本。[also V] 2 [VN] to prepare a book to be published by collecting
together and arranging pieces of writing by one or more authors 编选；编籴；编集：He’s editing a boofc 〇/ essays by haiah Bertin.他正在编辑一本艾赛亚••伯林的散文集。
3 [computing if) to make changes to text
or data on screen ( ^ $| ： [VN] You can download the
file
and edit ft on your word
processor.你可:以把文'件卞滅，
用文字处理系统做编辑。[also V] 4 [VN〇 when sb edits a film/movie, television programme,
etc. they take what has been filmed or recorded and decide which parts to
include and in which order剪辑，剪接（影片、电视节
目等）：77i^y’re shom’n^ the edfte) highlights 〇/ Zast
mortt/i’s界zme.他们正在放映上月比赛的精彩片段剪辑。
5 to be responsible for
planning and publishing a newspaper, magazine, etc. (= to be the editor)主编 (报杂志等）：She used to edit a women’s
magazine. 訑 曾主编 妇女 杂志。 ►
ed it now/?: J had time to do a quick edit of my
essay before handing if in.我呈交 论文之前有点时间，很快地校订了-遍。ESBELedit sth^'out (of sth) to remove words, phrases
or scenes from a book, programme, etc. before it is published or shown (从书、节目中)删除，删掉，删节SEIcut out ： They
edited out references to her father in the interview.他们删掉了采访中提到她父亲的部分^
edit-able /'editabl/
adj.
{computing if) (of text or soft- ware 文本或软件）that can be edited by the user (用 户）可桑辑A: cm editaWe document可—辑文档