edgeways

英 [ˈedʒweɪz]

美 [ˈedʒweɪz]

adv.  边向上(或向前); 侧着; 斜着

习惯用语

adv.

(not) get a word in edgeways
• （因别人说话太多）插（不上）嘴
  (not) to be able to say anything because sb else is speaking too much
• When Mary starts talking, no one else can get a word in edgeways.
  玛丽讲起话来，别人谁也插不上嘴。

牛津词典

adv.

• 边向上（或向前）；侧着；斜着
  with the edge upwards or forwards; on one side
  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。

柯林斯词典

The spelling edgewise /'edʒwaɪz/ is also used, especially in American English. 亦拼作edgewise /'edʒwaɪz/,尤用于美国英语中。


• PHRASE 插不上嘴
  If you say that youcannot get a word in edgeways, you are complaining that you do not have the opportunity to speak because someone else is talking so much.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adv

• with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge
  1. he sawed the board edgeways
  2. held it edgewise
  Synonym:edgewise
• as if by an edge
  1. I could not get a word in edgewise
  Synonym:edgewise

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