| 释义 |
breastwise, adv.|ˈbrɛstwaɪz|
[f. breast n. + -wise.]
Side by side, abreast.
1620Dekker Dream (1860) 24 So wide That ten caroches (breastwise) in may ride. 1673Ray Notes of Husb. 130 He uses to plow with his Oxen endwayes or all in one file..whereas breastwise it is very hard evenly to match them. 1849Grote Greece ii. xxxviii. V. 24 Two lines of ships..were moored across the strait breastwise. |