单词 | side to side |
释义 | side to sideadv.adj. A. adv. 1. Close together and facing in the same direction; with the sides touching or close together; = side by side adv. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > state or position of being parallel > [adverb] > abreast side by sidec1275 beside1340 afronta1425 side to side?c1450 sidelingsa1540 abreast1567 evenly1583 breastwise1613 fair1685 sidelong1803 sidlingly1859 ?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 347 So that the syngers sytte togyder syde to syde. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xxii. f. 120/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Digitus or finger breadth hath foure graines layd side to side. 1587 A. Day Longus's Daphnis & Chloe sig. D4v Whereupon ioyning her selfe side to side vnto him, each greting the other with many louing imbracements they enterchangeable framed their tunes one to the other. 1614 Bp. J. King Vitis Palatina 30 They that walk side to side, and cheeke to cheeke, walke as companions. 1728 R. Bradley Country Housewife (ed. 3) 179 Lay the Larks in a row, side to side, with a piece of this Bacon between every two Larks. 1787 Worcester Mag. July 169/2 [The ships] could only engage as they passed, instead of lying side to side. 1810 T. Cleghorn Hydro-aëronaut 23 If two casks could be had..the best way would be to lash them together side to side. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags (1871) I. iii. 59 They ran side to side one moment more, their foam flung on each other's withers. 1941 Life 24 Feb. 98/2 Ten barges were tied side to side until they obstructed the river from one bank to the other. 2012 Tulsa (Oklahoma) World (Nexis) 29 Apr. e1 Co-workers who once sat side to side now literally shifted to separate buildings. 2. From one side to the other; alternately left and right from a central point. Cf. from side to side at side n.1 Phrases 1c(a). ΚΠ 1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Agamemnon iii. sig. D.vi The frolyck fysh..doth swym, With gamballs quick in rings around, and syde to syde enclynd. 1606 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. If you know not Me sig. I4v His Ordinance..made their war-like shippes Like drunkards reele, and tumble side to side. 1783 J. Hoole tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso V. xlv. 238 Before, behind, now shifting side to side, Oft wheeling round her furious strokes she ply'd. 1835 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 37 580/2 One small slip of a boy, dat roll side to side so. 1894 C. B. Gunn Three Priests of Peebles ii. 50 Now, looking side to side, the King..Soon saw the wounded man. 1987 S. Brand Media Lab i. v. 84 Things in the picture move when you move your head side to side, but not..up and down. 2009 N. Vonnegut Top Producer (2011) xli. 326 I..pulled against the handlebars, rocking the bike side to side to gain leverage. B. adj. Designating movement from one side to the other; characterized by such movement. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [adjective] > across from side to side side to side1849 right-to-left1855 thwartwise1890 1849 Sci. Amer. 21 July 345/2 The condensing cylinder has two motions..a rotary and a side to side motion. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 1/2 The perpendicular jog usually experienced in dog-carts..and also the side-to-side jog due to a horse with each step pulling first against one trace, then against the other. 1955 W. W. Denlinger Compl. Boston i. 132 This formation [sc. bandy legs] results in a side-to-side gait. 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed ix. 59 Her head began a loose, disjointed, side-to-side swaying. 2006 Independent 17 Jan. 37/3 (heading) A three-wheeled scooter that converts the side-to-side motion of the steering column into rapid forward movement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.?c1450 |
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