詞彙精選：rim的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

邊，緣 [C]

例句：

Tianya Haijiao means “the edge of the sky and the rim of the sea”.

“天涯海角”意思是“天空的邊緣和海洋的邊緣”。

例句：

The water was even with the rim of the basin.

盆裏的水與盆邊平齊了。

框邊；輪輞，輪緣 [C]

例句：

The ball hit the rim and bounced off.

球擊中籃框邊緣並彈開了。

例句：

He fitted the tire around the rim of the wheel.

他把輪胎安到輪輞上。

v.

鑲邊於；形成邊緣；作...的邊 [I,T]

例句：

Trees rimmed the pool.

池塘邊長了一圈樹。

例句：

She opened the door and the yellow light from inside rimmed about her.

她打開門，裏面射出的燈光在她的身影四周鑲了一圈黃色的邊。

二、詞義辨析：

edge,border,margin,rim,verge,brim,fringe

這些名詞均有“邊，邊緣”之意。edge普通用詞，指較窄的邊沿。border側重剛好在界線內的一部分表面上，指較寬的邊緣，也可指邊緣本身。margin指物體的空白邊，一般較寬。rim指圓形或有曲線的物體的邊緣。verge指明顯地標誌一個表在或一廣闊空間的邊界，或終端線，也指極狹窄的空間。常用作比喻。brim指深容器的內邊或河、湖等水域的最高線。fringe指地毯的須邊、圍巾的花邊、燙髮的卷邊或人羣的邊緣。

三、相關短語：

rim blight

葉緣疫病

四、參考例句：

The rim of the teacup is chipped.

茶碗邊缺了個口兒。

The milk slopped over the rim of the glass.

牛奶溢到玻璃杯外面來了。

The water was even with the rim of the basin.

盆裏的水與盆邊齊平了。

The valley ended in a perpendicular rim of granite.

那山谷的盡頭是花崗石的斷崖。

The ball hit the rim and bounced off.

球擊中籃框邊緣並彈開了。

With these shoes, I can almost touch the rim.

有了這雙鞋，我幾乎可以摸到籃框了。

She put a flower on the rim of the hat.

她在帽子邊上放了一朵花。

Whisky splashed over the rim of his glass.

威士忌酒從他杯子的邊緣濺了出來。

Rim has only a few months to change course.

RIM只有幾個月的時間來調整方向。

He fitted the tire around the rim of the wheel.

他把輪胎安到輪輞上。