单词 | zigzagged |
释义 | zigzaggedadj. Having a zigzag form or marking. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] > inclined at angle alternately indenteda1616 zigzag1752 zigzagged1774 zigzaggya1845 zigzag-shaped1846 chevrony1887 the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [adjective] > wavy or zig-zag flecked1664 zigzagged1774 zigzag1785 vermiculated1872 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 307 The body oblong; the line running down the side zigzagged towards the tail. 1781 T. Warton Specimen Hist. Oxfordshire (1783) 4 The zigzagged semicircle of this arch. 1829 Abbotsford Described in A. Cunningham Anniversary 88 [The house] presents sundry crowfooted, alias zigzagged, gables. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 86/1 On the external barbs of the caudal feathers are two zigzagged bands. Derivatives ˈzigzaggedly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adverb] > not in a straight course > in a winding course aboutOE aboutsa1387 windingly1576 zigzag1754 mazily1845 zag1906 zigzaggedly1921 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adverb] > disconnectedly disjointly1621 ramblinglya1641 unconnectedly1778 disconnectedly1807 disjointedly1869 zigzaggedly1921 1921 W. de la Mare Mem. Midget xxxiii. 230 How zigzaggedly you talk. What has poetry to do with Mr Crimble? 1977 R. Katz Ziggurat vi. 55 It [sc. a ball] rolled zigzaggedly for a while. ˈzigzaggedness n. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun] > each of lines inclined at angles alternately > condition of zigzaggedness1893 1893 Strand Mag. 6 693 It is in accordance with the general zig-zaggedness of things that the most popular residents in the fish-house are the birds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1774 |
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