单词 | crosswise |
释义 | crosswiseadj. Placed or running across; transverse. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adjective] overthwart1228 thwart-overa1387 transversaryc1400 thwart1404 thwartingc1430 transversalc1440 transversantc1440 traversea1450 thorter1488 cross1523 overthwarting1552 traversed1561 traversing1561 transverse1621 overcrossa1661 transverseda1711 crossway1865 crosswise1903 the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > extending across transversalc1440 traversea1450 thortronc1580 pertransient1658 crossway1829 thwartwise1890 crosswise1903 1903 Westm. Gaz. 10 Sept. 4/2 Its crosswise pelerine. 1927 Observer 4 Dec. 16/4 The cross-wise streets..are growing more and more canyon-like. 1927 Observer 4 Dec. 16/4 The crosswise thrust of traffic at every block. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019). crosswiseadv. 1. a. In the form of a cross; so as to intersect. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adverb] acrossa1250 crosswise1398 overcrossa1525 per or in cross1562 crossways1564 athwart1607 decussatively1658 cruciformly1834 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. xxxi. 368 On holy Saterdaye newe fyre is fette..and thus [= incense] is putte therin crossewyse. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 134 Cut the skinne crossewyse. 1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus x. 178 To put their hands crosswise. 1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour II. 304 Four of these streets are built cross-wise. 1774 S. Johnson Diary Journey N. Wales 22 Aug. (1964) V. 450 A Church built crosswise. 1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church xii. 136 Four holes arranged crosswise. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [adverb] > by means of crucifixion on croys-wyse1393 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxii. 142 Þei..culled hym on croys-wyse at caluarye. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [adverb] > with alternating rhymes crosswise1586 1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. F.iiv Eche shal containe eyght syllables, and ryme crosse wyse, the first to the thyrd, and the second to the fourth, in thys manner. 2. Across, athwart, transversely. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adverb] overthwartc1300 thwarta1350 thwart-over1398 overthwartly?a1425 traversec1425 thorter1488 thwartly?1541 traversely?1541 traversewise1548 cross1577 thwartingly1579 crosswise1580 thwartwise1589 overthwartwise1594 crossly1598 traverseways1610 athwart1611 crossway1611 transversely1650 overthwartways1656 transverse1660 crossways1665 thwartways1665 transversally1762 criss-cross1843 athwart-wise1868 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Croiser, to cutte ouerthwarte, or crossewise. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xi. 38 Great trees newly cut down..and placed crossewise in the way. 1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (xxviii. 32) 555 Not cross-wise, from shoulder to shoulder; but long-wise. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 144 They cut timber..and built..a frame of logs placed cross-wise. 3. figurative. In a way opposed to the direct or right; perversely, wrongly. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [adverb] wickedly1303 westernaisc1400 sinistrally1538 injuriously1561 crossways1564 crosswise1594 sinistruouslya1615 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb] > in perverse or depraved manner forwurþenlikec1175 westernaisc1400 sinistrally1538 crossways1564 crosswise1594 pravely1598 deformedly1610 depravedly1643 pervertedly1804 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 272 He may seeke after pleasures crosse-wise, and turne cleane out of the way from reason and iudgement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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