cater-corner

短语

斜对面

发音

UK /ˈkatəˌkɔːnə/
UK /ˈkeɪtəˌkɔːnə/
US /ˈkætəˌkɔɹnɚ/

别名

catacorner cater-cornered catercornered catercorner catty-corner kitty-corner catercorners kittycorners

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to something at a diagonal to another; of four corners, those diagonal to another.

    加拿大 美国

    The Empire State Building and the old Altman's Department store are catercorner, at Fifth Avenue and East 34th Street, with the ESB at the southwest, and Altman's at the northeast.

  2. 2.

    Uneven, not square, as mislaid stones or people with a limping gait.

    英国 方言 废旧
adv.
  1. 1.

    Diagonally across from.

    斜对面

    加拿大 美国

    Altman's is sited catercorner to the ESB.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

catacorner cater-cornered catty-corner catty-cornered kitty corner kitty-cornered

近义相关 1

oblique

词源

Presumably a clipped form of cater-cornered, from cater + cornered, q.v., although catty-cornered is attested earlier (1838).

来源：wiktionary