sidelong

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈsaɪd.lɒŋ/    美 /ˈsaɪd.lɑŋ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Directed to the side; sideways. not-comparable
    — He cast me a sidelong glance.
  2. Slanting or sloping; oblique. not-comparable
  3. Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward. not-comparable
    — She made some sidelong remarks about his manhood.
  4. Along the side of something. not-comparable
    — The passenger train was signalled from one of the west end bay platforms along the Down South Line; as it passed through a crossover to the Up South Line the freight train, which had been travelling slowly to the Up South Line, over-ran the signal protecting the crossover and came into sidelong collision with it.
副词 adv.
  1. Towards the side; sideways.
  2. obliquely

词形变化

more sidelong comparative most sidelong superlative

词汇关系

近义词
inside-out
相关词
sidle sideling sidling

词源

词源 1
1520s, from Middle English sidlyng (early 14th century), from side + -lyng (“(frequentative)”) (modern English -le (“(frequentative)”)). Reanalyzed as side + long.
词源 2
1520s, from Middle English sidlyng (early 14th century), from side + -lyng (“(frequentative)”) (modern English -le (“(frequentative)”)). Reanalyzed as side + long.
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