| 释义 |
zigzagged, a.|ˈzɪgzægd|
[f. zigzag n. or v. + -ed.]
Having a zigzag form or marking.
1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1824) III. 62 The body oblong; the line running down the side zigzagged towards the tail. 1781Warton Hist. Oxf. (1783) 4 The zigzagged semicircle of this arch. 1829Anniversary 88 [The house] presents sundry crowfooted, alias zigzagged, gables. 1841Penny Cycl. XXI. 86/1 On the external barbs of the caudal feathers are two zigzagged bands.
Hence ˈzigzaggedly adv.; ˈzigzaggedness.
1893Strand Mag. VI. 693 It is in accordance with the general zig-zaggedness of things that the most popular residents in the fish-house are the birds. 1921W. de la Mare Mem. Midget xxxiii. 230 How zigzaggedly you talk. What has poetry to do with Mr Crimble? 1977R. Katz Ziggurat vi. 55 It [sc. a ball] rolled zigzaggedly for a while. |