单词 | askant |
释义 | askant (once / 58803 pages) adj WORD FAMILY askant USAGE EXAMPLESGerard pondered these simple words, and eyed her askant, carrying the child with perfect ease. Reade, Charles, The Cloister and the Hearth—A Tale...(2012) Spirituality does not light it; evanescent dreams are its oil-lamps, often with wick askant in the socket. Filon, Augustin, The English Stage—Being an Account...(2011) "Has the Squire offered us a home?" she questioned eagerly, eyeing her daughter askant. Wood, Henry C., The Night Riders—A Thrilling Story...(2011) adj (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy Syn askance, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty indirect not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination |
随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。