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单词 in zigzag
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in zigzag
a. A series of short lines inclined at angles in alternate directions; a line or course having sharp turns of this kind; concrete something characterized by such lines or turns. Originally in in zigzag (= French en zigzag).
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the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun] > each of lines inclined at angles alternately > series of
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1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 42 Steps of Grass laid in Zic-Zac [Note, The French call this an Allée en Zic-Zac, for its Likeness to a Machine so called].
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 215 Chevrons, or Checks of Grass in Zig-Zac.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Alley An Alley in Ziczac, is that which has too great a Descent.
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 139 The larger tubercles placed in zig-zag.
1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 299 Entering by the beautiful Gate of Justice, and winding in zigzag through the thickness of the tower.
1766 G. Colman & D. Garrick Clandestine Marriage ii. ii. 28 Here's none of your strait lines here—but all taste—zig-zag—crinkum-crankum—in and out.1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. vii. 235 Twisted into a serpent, or bent into a zig-zag.1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xl. 495 The other [road] was practicable for carriages, and for this purpose was made to climb the acclivity with a zigzag.1871 A. Nesbitt Catal. Slade Coll. Glass 6 Terminating with a turquoise zig-zag.1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. iii. 36 Dashing his finger in a fiery zig-zag along the line for her pen to follow.1884 J. Ruskin Pleasures Eng. (1885) iii. §87. 121 The hieroglyphic use of the zigzag, for water, by the Egyptians.
extracted from zigzagn.adj.adv.
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