kedge

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kɛd͡ʒ/    美 /kɛd͡ʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small anchor used for warping a vessel.
    — ...and throw them into the boat, which, as there are no wharves, we usually kept anchored by a small kedge, or keelek, just outside of the surf.
  2. A glutton. Yorkshire
动词 v.
  1. To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it. transitive
  2. To move with the help of a kedge, as described above. intransitive
    — […] there was a stretch of twelve miles of channel running in a north-easterly direction which the ship could not possibly negotiate under sail unless a change of wind should occur — of which there seemed to be absolutely no prospect. The only alternative, therefore, would be to kedge those twelve miles; truly a most formidable undertaking for four persons — one of them being a girl — to attempt.

词形变化

kedges plural kedges present,singular,third-person kedging participle,present kedged participle,past kedged past

词源

词源 1
Perhaps an alteration of cadge.
词源 2
Perhaps an alteration of cadge.
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