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单词 crosswise
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crosswiseadj.

Etymology: < crosswise adv.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrosswise.
Placed or running across; transverse.
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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.

Brit. /ˈkrɒswʌɪz/, /ˈkrɔːswʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈkrɔsˌwaɪz/, /ˈkrɑsˌwaɪz/
Etymology: cross- comb. form + -wise comb. form.
1.
a. In the form of a cross; so as to intersect.
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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.
b. on croys-wyse: by means of a cross, by crucifixion. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
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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.
c. With one crossing another, alternately.
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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.
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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.
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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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