释义 |
diˈagonalize, v. rare. [f. as prec. + -ize.] intr. To move in a diagonal.
1884Tennyson Becket ii. ii, His Holiness, pushed one way by the Empire and another by England, if he move at all, Heaven stay him, is fain to diagonalise. Herbert. Diagonalise! thou art a word-monger! Our Thomas never will diagonalise. [Cf. diagonal n. 1 quot. 1847.] |