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dogleg

/dawg-leg, dog-/US // ˈdɔgˌlɛg, ˈdɒg- //UK // (ˈdɒɡˌlɛɡ) //

拐弯,拐弯处,犬牙交错,犬牙交错式

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a route, way, or course that turns at a sharp angle.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : dog-legged.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dog·legged, dog·leg·ging.

    • : to proceed around a sharp angle or along an angular or zigzag course: The road doglegged through the mountains.

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Examples

  • “Genius Makers” takes something of a dogleg into the debate over the future of AI, particularly the likelihood of machines surpassing human-level intelligence.

  • I could just pick out the dogleg at Connors, and imagined I could see the traffic light at Chalmers.

  • As we rode up we could see a gunyah made out of boughs, and a longish wing of dogleg fence, made light but well put together.