crabwise

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. In the manner of a crab; sideways. not-comparable
  2. Incidental. figuratively,not-comparable
    — Quite apart from their crabwise and often reluctant embrace of religious toleration for a wide variety of religious dissidence, both countries achieved a wider distribution of prosperity than any other part of seventeenth-century Europe.
副词 adv.
  1. In the manner of a crab; sideways. not-comparable

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English crab
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós
Proto-Germanic *wīsaz
Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz
Proto-West Germanic *-wīs
Old English -wīs
Middle English -wis
English -wise
English crabwise
From crab + -wise.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English crab
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós
Proto-Germanic *wīsaz
Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz
Proto-West Germanic *-wīs
Old English -wīs
Middle English -wis
English -wise
English crabwise
From crab + -wise.
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