词汇精选：rim的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

边，缘 [C]

例句：

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

“天涯海角”意思是“天空的边缘和海洋的边缘”。

例句：

The water was even with the rim of the basin.

盆里的水与盆边平齐了。

框边；轮辋，轮缘 [C]

例句：

The ball hit the rim and bounced off.

球击中篮框边缘并弹开了。

例句：

He fitted the tire around the rim of the wheel.

他把轮胎安到轮辋上。

v.

镶边于；形成边缘；作...的边 [I,T]

例句：

Trees rimmed the pool.

池塘边长了一圈树。

例句：

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

她打开门，里面射出的灯光在她的身影四周镶了一圈黄色的边。

二、词义辨析：

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

这些名词均有“边，边缘”之意。edge普通用词，指较窄的边沿。border侧重刚好在界线内的一部分表面上，指较宽的边缘，也可指边缘本身。margin指物体的空白边，一般较宽。rim指圆形或有曲线的物体的边缘。verge指明显地标志一个表在或一广阔空间的边界，或终端线，也指极狭窄的空间。常用作比喻。brim指深容器的内边或河、湖等水域的最高线。fringe指地毯的须边、围巾的花边、烫发的卷边或人群的边缘。

三、相关短语：

rim blight

叶缘疫病

四、参考例句：

The rim of the teacup is chipped.

茶碗边缺了个口儿。

The milk slopped over the rim of the glass.

牛奶溢到玻璃杯外面来了。

The water was even with the rim of the basin.

盆里的水与盆边齐平了。

The valley ended in a perpendicular rim of granite.

那山谷的尽头是花岗石的断崖。

The ball hit the rim and bounced off.

球击中篮框边缘并弹开了。

With these shoes, I can almost touch the rim.

有了这双鞋，我几乎可以摸到篮框了。

She put a flower on the rim of the hat.

她在帽子边上放了一朵花。

Whisky splashed over the rim of his glass.

威士忌酒从他杯子的边缘溅了出来。

Rim has only a few months to change course.

RIM只有几个月的时间来调整方向。

He fitted the tire around the rim of the wheel.

他把轮胎安到轮辋上。