单词 | cater-cornered |
释义 | cater-cornered (once / 590966 pages) adj WORD FAMILY cater-cornered USAGE EXAMPLESCater-cornered was the room of his valet, whose job was to take Tolstoy’s wife and children to balls, since Tolstoy refused to go. New York Times(Sep 21, 2016) Cater-cornered from one edge lies a Lamborghini dealership, on another, the W Hotel. Slate(Sep 04, 2015) He said, "I know a short cut, cater-cornered across the new clearing." Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), Westways(2010) adj slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line Syn cata-cornered, catacorner, catercorner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered oblique slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled |
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