英语词汇“zigzag”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

zigzag

/ˈzɪɡzaɡ

noun

1A line or course having abrupt alternate right and left turns: she traced a zigzag on the metal with her finger...

The police are having to take positive action in a bid to stop parents dropping off or picking up their children on the zigzag lines outside three more schools.
Rectangular cells, gently arching lines and compressed zigzags proliferate across the supports.
she shows weals on her thigh, thin green lines in a short zigzag.

1.1A turn on a zigzag course: the road descends in a series of sharp zigzags

adjective

Having the form of a zigzag; veering alternately to right and left: when chased by a predator, some animals take a zigzag course...

He initiated this possibility by manipulating versions of the liar's paradox with zigzag graphs of truth and falsehood states.
Gung-ho climbers can tackle the zigzag trail up the steep incline.
Have a look inside for the jazzy zigzag Norman chancel arch.

Synonyms

meandering, zigzagging, snaking, snaky, winding, wiggly, squiggly, crooked, tacking, twisting, twisty, full of twists and turns, curving, curvy, wavy, deviating, undulating, sinuous, serpentine, tortuous, irregular

technical sinuate, ogee

rare anfractuous, flexuous, meandrous, serpentiform

adverb

So as to move right and left alternately: she drives zigzag across the city

verb (zigzags, zigzagging, zigzagged) [no object]

Have or move along in a zigzag course: the path zigzagged between dry rises in the land...

I once rented a scooter and zigzagged along most of San Miguel's streets to see the neighborhoods.
For two weeks he sat on a bus that zigzagged along the eastern seaboard picking up other criminals who were being reassigned from one jail to another.
They zigzagged along until Estrella found herself in the familiar surroundings of the underground meeting hall.

Synonyms

meander, snake, twist, twist and turn, tack, wind, weave, wander, wiggle, squiggle, undulate

Derivatives

zigzaggedly

adverb ...

It was like long snakes zigzaggedly going through a forest full of fireflies showing them direction.
His mother just did farm chores for her in-laws and babbled on zigzaggedly since his birth.
He comes quite near and I swim up towards him, but my buddy makes biting motions, so I back off and the leopard shark swims zigzaggedly on his way.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from German Zickzack, symbolic of alternation of direction, first applied to fortifications.

单词	zigzag
释义	zigzag /ˈzɪɡzaɡ / noun 1A line or course having abrupt alternate right and left turns: she traced a zigzag on the metal with her finger... The police are having to take positive action in a bid to stop parents dropping off or picking up their children on the zigzag lines outside three more schools. Rectangular cells, gently arching lines and compressed zigzags proliferate across the supports. she shows weals on her thigh, thin green lines in a short zigzag. 1.1A turn on a zigzag course: the road descends in a series of sharp zigzags adjective Having the form of a zigzag; veering alternately to right and left: when chased by a predator, some animals take a zigzag course... He initiated this possibility by manipulating versions of the liar's paradox with zigzag graphs of truth and falsehood states. Gung-ho climbers can tackle the zigzag trail up the steep incline. Have a look inside for the jazzy zigzag Norman chancel arch. Synonyms meandering, zigzagging, snaking, snaky, winding, wiggly, squiggly, crooked, tacking, twisting, twisty, full of twists and turns, curving, curvy, wavy, deviating, undulating, sinuous, serpentine, tortuous, irregular technical sinuate, ogee rare anfractuous, flexuous, meandrous, serpentiform adverb So as to move right and left alternately: she drives zigzag across the city verb (zigzags, zigzagging, zigzagged) [no object] Have or move along in a zigzag course: the path zigzagged between dry rises in the land... I once rented a scooter and zigzagged along most of San Miguel's streets to see the neighborhoods. For two weeks he sat on a bus that zigzagged along the eastern seaboard picking up other criminals who were being reassigned from one jail to another. They zigzagged along until Estrella found herself in the familiar surroundings of the underground meeting hall. Synonyms meander, snake, twist, twist and turn, tack, wind, weave, wander, wiggle, squiggle, undulate Derivatives zigzaggedly adverb ... It was like long snakes zigzaggedly going through a forest full of fireflies showing them direction. His mother just did farm chores for her in-laws and babbled on zigzaggedly since his birth. He comes quite near and I swim up towards him, but my buddy makes biting motions, so I back off and the leopard shark swims zigzaggedly on his way. Origin Early 18th century: from French, from German Zickzack, symbolic of alternation of direction, first applied to fortifications.
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