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akimbo

/uh-kim-boh/US // əˈkɪm boʊ //UK // (əˈkɪmbəʊ) //

拱手相让,拱桥,拱形的,拱手礼

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : 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.

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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.