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单词
akimbo
释义
akimbo
a‧kim‧bo
/
əˈkɪmbəʊ
$
-boʊ
/
adjective
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
akimbo
Origin:
1700-1800
in kenbow
,
on kenbow
(15-17 centuries)
, probably from an unrecorded
Old Norse
i keng boginn
‘bent in a curve’
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
►
with arms akimbo
(=
with your hands on your hips so that your elbows point away from your body
)
·
Anna stood with arms akimbo, ready to challenge me.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
►
(with) arms akimbo
Anatole stood arms
akimbo
, challenging me.
Arms
akimbo
, she made herself ready for battle.
Aunt Bedelia stood at the gate with her arms
akimbo
, then Otley and Elinor joined her.
He stood, arms
akimbo
, looking around in the musty gloom.
I half wanted him to fall, legs and arms
akimbo
, flowers drifting down after him.
It was accompanied by a photograph of Blufton standing - arms
akimbo
- in front of a grey smudge of masonry.
Meanwhile, a silhouetted figure floats in the distance, arms
akimbo
.
That's Aunt Bedelia with her arms
akimbo
again.
►
(with) legs akimbo
1
(with) arms akimbo
with your hands on your
hip
s
so that your elbows point away from your body
2
(with) legs akimbo
with your legs wide apart
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