sidle

大学 FREQ #30237

v. 横着走, 悄悄贴近, 侧身而行 n. 侧走, 挨近

发音

UK /ˈsaɪdl/
US /ˈsaɪdəl/

词形变化

sidles 复数 sidles sidled sidles 三单 sidling sidling 现在分词 sidled 过去式 sidled 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

侧走；挨近

动词

侧身而行；悄悄贴近

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An act of sidling.

    A sideways movement.

  2. 2.

    An act of sidling.

    A furtive advance.

v.
  1. 1.

    To (cause something to) move sideways.

    及物/不及物 比喻
  2. 2.

    In the intransitive sense often followed by up: to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner.

    及物/不及物 比喻

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

sashay

上位词 1

move

词源

The verb is from side + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly a back-formation from sideling (“in a sidelong direction; askew, obliquely”, adverb), treating that word as the present participle of sidle. The noun is derived from the verb.

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