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单词 crabwise
释义

crabwise

[ krab-wahyz ]
/ ˈkræbˌwaɪz /
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adverb

sideways: patrons edging crabwise along the crowded row of theater seats.

Origin of crabwise

First recorded in 1900–05; crab1 + -wise

Words nearby crabwise

crabs, crab's eye, crab spider, crabstick, crab tree, crabwise, crabwood, CRAC, crack, cracka, crack a book
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Example sentences from the Web for crabwise

  • "Oh—well—gee—of course—" sighed Graff, as he went out, crabwise.

    Babbitt|Sinclair Lewis
  • Mr. Wayne stiffened and wheeled; Mr. Briggs sidled hastily toward the doorway, crabwise; the poet choked back the word, Phup!

    Iole|Robert W. Chambers
  • Instead, he sidled, crabwise, into the middle of the street.

    H. R.|Edwin Lefevre

British Dictionary definitions for crabwise

crabwise
/ (ˈkræbˌwaɪz) /

adjective, adverb

(of motion) sideways; like a crab
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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