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

双语例句

• He talks so much that no one else can get a word in edgeways.
  他讲得太多了，别人一句话也插不上嘴。
• The tentative discourse about the action of port resource in edgeways economical development
  略谈口岸资源在沿边经济发展中的作用
• I think it's not difficult for him to get a word in edgeways, because all the chatterboxes are not here.
  我想他插上话并不难，因为那些喜欢饶舌的人都不在。
• Honestly, that man could talk the hind legs off a donkey. I couldn't get a word in edgeways.
  坦率地说，那个男人简直是口若悬河。我一句都插不上。
• Roz was talking so much that nobody else could get a word in edgeways?
  罗慈讲了这么多话，没有任何人能插一句话。
• What we have, is for you, is really the leading edgeways to identify breakthroughs.
  我们所拥有的是，对你来讲，是真正地最主要的方法去识别突破。
• I spent three hours with the old gasbag and I couldn't get a word in edgeways.
  我跟那个喋喋不休的老人一起待了三个小时，竟没能插上一次嘴。
• Dinner sounds wonderful: a privilege to witness, if not so easy to get a word in edgeways.
  你家的晚餐听上去很棒：即使没法儿轻易插话，你仍有资格见证讨论。
• He talked on and on and nobody else could get a word in edgeways.
  他说个没完，别人半句话也插不进。
• Those guys had so much to talk about that I couldn't get a word in edgeways.
  那些家伙的话太多，以致我找不到机会插嘴。