edgeways

英 ['edʒweɪz] 美 ['ɛdʒwez]

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※ 提供单词"edgeways"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

edgeways (adv.): also edge-ways, "with the edge turned forward or toward a particular point," 1560s, from edge (n.) + way (n.). First attested form of the word is edgewaie; the adverbial genitive -s appears by 1640s. Edgewise (1715) appears to be a variant, based on otherwise, etc. See edge (v.).
As if it were possible for any of us to slide in a word edgewise! [Mary Mitford, "Our Village," 1824].
To edge in a word in this sense is from 1680s.

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1. You'll only get the desk through the door if you turn it edgeways.: 你要把书桌侧着才能搬过这道门。

2. He spent all the time talking and they could not get a word in edgeways.: 他一直说个不停，他们都插不上嘴。

3. He talks so much that no one else can get a word in edgeways.: 他讲得太多了,别人一句话也插不上嘴.

4. He talked on and on and nobody else could get a word in edgeways.: 他说个没完,别人半句话也插不进.

5. If you turn it edgeways you'll get the desk through the door.: 你把书桌斜过来就能通过这道门.