endways
/end-weyz/US // ˈɛndˌweɪz //UK // (ˈɛndˌweɪz) //
途径,终端
Definitions
adv.副词 adverb
- 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.
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