英语单词短语词组“crabwise”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

crabwise

adverb

/ˈkræb.waɪz/us

/ˈkræb.waɪz/

If youmovecrabwise, youmovesidewaysorcarefullyand notdirectly.

（蟹行般）横向地；小心翼翼地，拐弯抹角地

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Backwards, sideways and back and forth

anticlockwise
back and forthidiom
back to frontphrase
backward
backwards
lateral
laterally
libration
retro
right/wrong way roundidiom
round
saw
side
stand
swept-back
there and backidiom
to and fro
to-ing and fro-ing
whipsaw
wrong

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(Definition ofcrabwisefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examples from literature

She crept crabwise up the bank, and put on her stockings and slippers.
The damaged snapper-boat instantly blasted from its nose tubes, decelerated, and went into reverse, flipping through space crabwise as it tried to regain the safety of the cruiser.
To his astonishment the stranger's mobile lips twisted in a snarl and he edged crabwise toward the bushes bordering the glen.

Examplesofcrabwise

crabwise

To set our expectations about this question of origins in order we might do well to approach themcrabwiseby moving sideways from the present.

From theCambridge English Corpus

Section 3 insinuates that the ballet can only be comprehended if approachedcrabwise, in a ruminative, yet exacting, account sensitive to temporal and spatial contingency.

From theCambridge English Corpus

I thought that that was an imaginativecrabwiserather than direct approach to the issue.

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单词	crabwise
释义	crabwise adverb UK uk /ˈkræb.waɪz/us /ˈkræb.waɪz/ If youmovecrabwise, youmovesidewaysorcarefullyand notdirectly. （蟹行般）横向地；小心翼翼地，拐弯抹角地 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Backwards, sideways and back and forth anticlockwise back and forthidiom back to frontphrase backward backwards lateral laterally libration retro right/wrong way roundidiom round saw side stand swept-back there and backidiom to and fro to-ing and fro-ing whipsaw wrong See more results » (Definition ofcrabwisefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) Examples from literature She crept crabwise up the bank, and put on her stockings and slippers. The damaged snapper-boat instantly blasted from its nose tubes, decelerated, and went into reverse, flipping through space crabwise as it tried to regain the safety of the cruiser. To his astonishment the stranger's mobile lips twisted in a snarl and he edged crabwise toward the bushes bordering the glen. Examplesofcrabwise crabwise To set our expectations about this question of origins in order we might do well to approach themcrabwiseby moving sideways from the present. From theCambridge English Corpus Section 3 insinuates that the ballet can only be comprehended if approachedcrabwise, in a ruminative, yet exacting, account sensitive to temporal and spatial contingency. From theCambridge English Corpus I thought that that was an imaginativecrabwiserather than direct approach to the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/crabwise##
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