“crab-like”的英文意思

单词

crab-like

释义

ˈcrab-like, a. and adv.
[f. crab n.¹]
Like a crab, esp. in moving backwards or sideways.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. iv. 392 Because then Southward Sol doth retrograde, Goes (Crab-like) backward.1646J. Benbrigge Gods Fury A ij b, Such was their Crab-like condition.1727–38Gay Fables ii. xiv. 26 But, crab-like, rather backward goes.1819Byron Venice i, Thus they creep, Crouching and crab-like.1861G. J. Whyte-Melville Tilbury Nogo 355 He crawls first backwards, then sideways, crablike..to the spot.

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