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endways

/end-weyz/US // ˈɛndˌweɪz //UK // (ˈɛndˌweɪz) //

途径,终端

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : on end: We set the table endways in order to fix the legs.
    • : with the end upward or forward.
    • : toward the ends or end; lengthwise.
    • : with ends touching; end to end.

Examples

  • Harry helped himself to one, and without much thinking what he was doing, put it endways into his mouth, and took a bite.

  • It moves on; we might mistake it for a block of coal set up endways.

  • The knife and fork, and the table utensils generally should never be handed endways, but should be held by the middle.

  • Things have been going from bad to worse with our four poor gods, but what has principally knocked them endways is machinery.

  • The lads crowd round, and place their fists endways the one on the other, till they form a high pile of hands.