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单词 zigzag
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zigzag

adjective
/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
[only before noun]
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  1. enlarge image
    in the shape of a zigzag
    • a zigzag line/path/pattern

zigzag

noun
/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
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  1. a line or pattern that looks like a series of letter W’s as it bends to the left and then to the right again
    • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags.
    • The path rose in zigzags up the hillside.
    Topics Colours and Shapesc2
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from German Zickzack, symbolic of alternation of direction, first applied to fortifications.

zigzag

verb
/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they zigzag
/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
he / she / it zigzags
/ˈzɪɡzæɡz/
/ˈzɪɡzæɡz/
past simple zigzagged
/ˈzɪɡzæɡd/
/ˈzɪɡzæɡd/
past participle zigzagged
/ˈzɪɡzæɡd/
/ˈzɪɡzæɡd/
-ing form zigzagging
/ˈzɪɡzæɡɪŋ/
/ˈzɪɡzæɡɪŋ/
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  1. (+ adv./prep.) to move forward by making sharp sudden turns first to the left and then to the right
    • The narrow path zigzags up the cliff.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryZigzag is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • path
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    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from German Zickzack, symbolic of alternation of direction, first applied to fortifications.
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