单词 | sidetracked |
释义 | > as lemmasˈsidetracked ˈsidetracked adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [adjective] > turning aside from a course of action > turned aside sidetracked1885 1885 Puck (N.Y.) 26 Aug. 402/3 A pretty story about a pair of birds who build their nest on top of the smoke-stack of a side-tracked locomotive. 1894 48th Ann. Rep. Amer. Missionary Assoc. 10 They are but part of ourselves—a side-tracked section of the Anglo-Saxon race. 1971 W. Stegner Angle of Repose (1972) iv. ii. 198 It finally crawled between lines of side-tracked boxcars and died with a hiss at the Denver platform. 1996 New Yorker 21 Oct. 160/3 It was a sidetracked town then, with abandoned factories and vacant stores. < as lemmas |
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