| 单词 |
cornerwise |
| 释义 |
cornerwise, adv.|ˈkɔːnəwaɪz| [See -wise.] In the manner of a corner; so as to form a corner or angle; diagonally.
1474Caxton Chesse iv. iv. (repr.) 150 The alphyn goeth alwey cornerwyse fro the thyrd poynt to the thyrd poynt. 1480― Descr. Eng. 40 Y-shape endlong and corner-wese. 1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. (1594) 41 Their legges..are placed in regard of the backebone when they walke..cornerwise, not downeright. 1684R. H. Sch. Recreat. 35 Close up the open end, by turning in the Paper of Paste⁓board corner-wise. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. II. 40 Squares meeting one another cornerwise. 1857Mrs. Gaskell C. Brontë 1 The gable-ended houses, which obtrude themselves corner-wise on the widening street. |

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