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sidle

/sahyd-l/US // ˈsaɪd l //UK // (ˈsaɪdəl) //

旁敲侧击,侧面,侧面的,旁观

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    si·dled, si·dling.

    • : to move sideways or obliquely.
    • : to edge along furtively.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sidling movement.

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Examples

  • He resisted the lures of the buckle bunnies who linger late in a rodeo arena, looking to sidle up against the winners.

  • Best Seat in the House: Sidle up to the glossy bar in the Lobby; reserve a table near the fireplace in the Punch Room.

  • Sidle up to the King Cole Bar at the St. Regis Hotel, the alleged originator of the Bloody Mary.

  • Look in my face while I snuff the sidle of evening, Talk honestly, for no one else hears you, and I stay only a minute longer.

  • However, now is the chance to sidle up to the newly engaged royal—or at least a faux version of him.

  • His interlocutor began, with a shake of the eyeglass, to shift and sidle again, as if distinctly excited by the subject.

  • "You'll admit it is a tradition," said Saulisbury, glad of a chance to sidle away.

  • Night after night she would sidle up to his knee, and sue for his notice; and night after night she would retire discomfited.

  • He could whirl her, dip her, sidle her, lead or pursue her; and she obeyed his will as instantly as if he were her owner.

  • Then she tried to sidle through the narrow opening, got stuck, and was urged on by Madge pushing her.