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crabwise

/krab-wahyz/US // ˈkræbˌwaɪz //UK // (ˈkræbˌwaɪz) //

螃蟹的智慧,螃蟹

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : sideways: patrons edging crabwise along the crowded row of theater seats.

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Examples

  • To his astonishment the stranger's mobile lips twisted in a snarl and he edged crabwise toward the bushes bordering the glen.

  • And so on, and all the time it is not wanting to go either to Thirlmere or to Penrith, but is sidling crabwise to Keswick.

  • He was well up into the cleft, moving crabwise, unwilling to turn his back on the Throg.

  • Able Jake, with the controlling influence of the jets cut, had yawed slightly and was now traveling crabwise.

  • Mr. Wayne stiffened and wheeled; Mr. Briggs sidled hastily toward the doorway, crabwise; the poet choked back the word, Phup!