akimbo
/uh-kim-boh/US // əˈkɪm boʊ //UK // (əˈkɪmbəʊ) //
拱手相让,拱桥,拱形的,拱手礼
Related Words
jagged锯齿状,参差不齐,参差不齐的,锯齿形crooked弯曲的,歪歪扭扭,歪曲,歪曲的crossing过境,过境点,过道,过路forked分叉的,分叉,岔开的,分岔的oblique偏斜,偏斜的,倾斜的,歪歪斜斜slanted倾斜的,斜的,斜着的,斜面的zigzag之字形,之字型,之字形的,人字形bifurcate分叉的,分叉,分裂,分岔cornered被逼无奈,走投无路,被逼入绝境,被逼无奈的crotched胯下的,胯下,裆部,裆部的divaricate分裂的,分裂,分歧,分歧的intersecting相交的,相交,相互交错的,相互交叉的skewed倾斜的,歪斜的,有偏差的,倾斜式的staggered错开的,错落有致,错落有致的,分段式
Definitions
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- : with hand on hip and elbow bent outward: to stand with arms akimbo.
- : splayed out in an awkward or ungainly manner: After the strenuous hike, she sat on the floor with her legs akimbo.
- : fully extended in opposite directions: The dancer warmed up with his arms and legs stretched akimbo.
- : to one side; askew; awry: They wore their hats akimbo.He woke up from his nap, hair akimbo.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inangular
Synonyms
jagged锯齿状,参差不齐,参差不齐的,锯齿形v-shapedV形y-shapedY形bifurcate分叉的,分叉,分裂,分岔cornered被逼无奈,走投无路,被逼入绝境,被逼无奈的crooked弯曲的,歪歪扭扭,歪曲,歪曲的crossing过境,过境点,过道,过路crotched胯下的,胯下,裆部,裆部的divaricate分裂的,分裂,分歧,分歧的forked分叉的,分叉,岔开的,分岔的intersecting相交的,相交,相互交错的,相互交叉的oblique偏斜,偏斜的,倾斜的,歪歪斜斜sharp-cornered尖嘴猴腮的,尖嘴猴腮,尖角,尖角的skewed倾斜的,歪斜的,有偏差的,倾斜式的slanted倾斜的,斜的,斜着的,斜面的staggered错开的,错落有致,错落有致的,分段式zigzag之字形,之字型,之字形的,人字形
Examples
It’s a title with all the swagger of a 200-page contract heavy with riders, an appellation that stands, arms akimbo, in defiance of Pee-wee Herman’s dictum “That’s my name, don’t wear it out.”
He stood with one arm akimbo, the other resting on the table, and grinned like a vulgar Mephistopheles.
She was standing in the doorway, her arms akimbo and her sleeves rolled up.
He set his arms akimbo and smiled toothlessly upon the visitor.
His arms were akimbo, his feet planted as firmly as if he were a particularly stubborn brand of tree.
I had gone there because I had seen smoke coming out of the little crooked pipe that stood akimbo.
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