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单词	akimbo
释义	akimboa‧kim‧bo /əˈkɪmbəʊ $ -boʊ/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINakimbo 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 hips so that your elbows point away from your body2(with) legs akimbo with your legs wide apart
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