Edging

(noun.) border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug).

录入:普勒斯顿

• Yes, said I, edging him a little away with my shoulder. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• No, thank ye--it don't agree with me, said the little man, edging off. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Young gentlemen who go to college are rather more costly than that, Mrs. Garth innocently continued, pulling out the edging on a cap-border. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The candle, wasted at last, went out; as it expired, I perceived streaks of grey light edging the window curtains: dawn was then approaching. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Another, SHE calls it tucker-edging. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

编辑:耶鲁