verge
verge1
noun
verge2
noun
verge3
verb
noun
- an edge or border
边，边沿
they came down to the verge of the lake.
他们来到湖边。
■an extreme limit beyond which something specified will happen
极限，临界点
I was on the verge of tears.
我几乎要流泪了。
■(Brit.)a grass edging such as that by the side of a road or path
(英)（道路旁的）植草边沿
■(Architecture)an edge of tiles projecting over a gable
(建筑)山墙突瓦，山墙檐口
- [no obj.](verge on)approach (something) closely; be close or similar to (something)
接近，逼近，濒临；与（某物）相近（或相似）
despair verging on the suicidal.
绝望得濒临自杀。
- late Middle English: via Old French from Latin virga 'rod'. The current verb sense dates from the late 18th cent
verge2
noun
- a wand or rod carried before a bishop or dean as an emblem of office
权杖（主教或教长职位的标志）
- late Middle English: from Latin virga 'rod'
verge3
verb
- [no obj., with adverbial of direction]incline in a certain direction or towards a particular state
趋向；渐变
his style verged into the art nouveau school.
他的风格逐渐转向新艺术流派。
- early 17th cent. (in the sense 'descend to the horizon'): from Latin vergere 'to bend, incline'
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