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- 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。
- You'll only get the desk through the door if you turn it edgeways.
柯林斯词典
- 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.- 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。
- He spent all the time talking and they could not get a word in edgeways.
The spelling edgewise /'edʒwaɪz/ is also used, especially in American English. 亦拼作edgewise /'edʒwaɪz/,尤用于美国英语中。
英英释义
adv
- with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge
- he sawed the board edgeways
- held it edgewise
- as if by an edge
- I could not get a word in edgewise
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。