akimbo 的定义
- 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.
akimbo 近义词
等同于 angular
更多akimbo例句
- 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.