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单词 catercorner
释义 cat·er·cor·ner
adverb (or adjective)
or cat·er-cor·nered or cata·cor·ner or cata-cor·nered or cat·ty-cor·ner or cat·ty-cor·nered or kit·ty-cor·ner or kit·ty-cor·nered \|kad.]ē|-, -id.], -at], -it], ]i- also ]ə-\
Etymology: catercorner, cater-cornered from obsolete cater four-spot + corner, cornered; catty-corner, catty-cornered & kitty-corner, kitty-cornered by folk etymology from catercorner, cater-cornered
: in a diagonal or oblique position or on a diagonal or oblique line
 < situated catercorner to each other on opposite sides of Bradford Island — Time >
 < the ship had come down catercorner across two roofs — Reader's Digest >
 < walking cater-cornered through the field — A.J.Liebling >
 < sailing catty-cornered across the bay — Louisa W. Peat >
 < the house stood catercorner across the square >
 < told the movers to place the divan catercorner at the end of the long room >
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