单词 | catty-corner |
释义 | catty-corner (once / 2363863 pages) adj WORD FAMILY catty-corner USAGE EXAMPLESI went in there, what had been the Broadway Department store catty-corner to me was just a big empty hole. Los Angeles Times(Nov 04, 2016) The complex will be next to the parish Clerk of Court’s civil building and catty-corner to the Parish Courthouse Annex. Washington Times(Aug 28, 2014) Catty-corner to the Pilar, in Forest Service headquarters, Carl Abeyta was trying to review the most recent multiple use plan for his chunk of forest. John Nichols, The Milagro Beanfield War(1974) adj slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot Syn cata-cornered, catacorner, cater-cornered, catercorner, 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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