edgeways
英 ['edʒweɪz]
美['ɛdʒwez]
- adv. 以刃向外;沿边
 
英文词源
- edgeways (adv.)
 - also edge-ways, "with the edge turned forward or toward a particular point," 1560s, from edge (n.) + way (n.). First attested form of the word is edgewaie; the adverbial genitive -s appears by 1640s. Edgewise (1715) appears to be a variant, based on otherwise, etc. See edge (v.).
 
As if it were possible for any of us to slide in a word edgewise! [Mary Mitford, "Our Village," 1824].
To edge in a word in this sense is from 1680s. 
双语例句
- 1. You'll only get the desk through the door if you turn it edgeways.
 - 你要把书桌侧着才能搬过这道门。
 
来自《权威词典》
- 2. He spent all the time talking and they could not get a word in edgeways.
 - 他一直说个不停,他们都插不上嘴。
 
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He talks so much that no one else can get a word in edgeways.
 - 他讲得太多了,别人一句话也插不上嘴.
 
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. He talked on and on and nobody else could get a word in edgeways.
 - 他说个没完,别人半句话也插不进.
 
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. If you turn it edgeways you'll get the desk through the door.
 - 你把书桌斜过来就能通过这道门.
 
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