| 单词 | clean cam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclean cam (kam) Away from the straight line, awry, askew (also figurative). clean cam (kam), ‘crooked, athwart, awry, cross from the purpose’ (Johnson); cf. kim-kam adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb] > askew acrooka1387 wrongc1440 overthwartlya1470 adoylea1475 awry1487 crooked1545 across1559 askew1565 cam1579 alurk1581 skew-whiff1754 a-twist1755 agley1786 skeow-ways1869 off-kilter1929 the world > space > relative position > inclination > obliquely [phrase] > askew on or upon wry1423 clean cam (kam)1579 out of straight1678 on the jee1893 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 909/1 We speake in good earnest, and meane not..to say, walk on, behaue your selues manfully: and go cleane kam our selues like Creuises. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Contrefoil The wrong way, cleane contrarie, quite kamme. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 305 Sicin. This is cleane kamme. Brut. Meerely awry. View more context for this quotation 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais v. xxvii Here they go quite kam, and act clean contrary to others. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Kam, crooked. < as lemmas |
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