| 单词 | sidelong |
| 释义 | sidelong (once / 4266 pages) adjadv WORD FAMILY sidelong USAGE EXAMPLESMore sidelong than declarative, they take their time unwinding, leading you through a story rather than telling it outright. Time(Nov 18, 2016) Khaksar was 18 months old, with stringy brown hair and an impish, sidelong gaze. Los Angeles Times(Nov 10, 2016) When the girl insisted he witness something, Rasheed tipped his chin upward and cast an impatient, sidelong glance down the blue-veined hook of his nose. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) 1adj inclining or directed to one side "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker Syn inclined at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position 2adj (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy sidelong glances Syn askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty indirect not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination 3adj situated at or extending to the side "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson Syn lateral side located on a side 4adv on the side the plow lay sidelong on the ground 5adv to, toward or at one side darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face Syn obliquely, sideways 6adv with the side toward someone or something "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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