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单词 sashay
释义 sa·shay
I. \(ˈ)sa|shā also (ˈ)sī|-\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: alteration of chassé (II)
1. : chassé
2.
 a. : walk, glide, go
  < after the work was through and we all sashayed to the chuck wagon — Will James >
  < sashay down to your ship or station library — All Hands >
  < sashays down the center aisle to the stage — John Kobler >
  < sashayed complacently through his duties without any qualms about serious opposition for his job — Time >
 b. : to strut or move about in an ostentatious or conspicuous manner
  < putting on a dress that reveals the hidden glories of her shape, and sashaying around like a … model — Wolcott Gibbs >
 c. : to proceed or move in a diagonal or sideways manner
  < having to sashay from oasis to oasis along the littered sidewalks — New Yorker >
  < the drive sashays from one side of a mountain to the other — V.H.Lawn >
  < sashay off to the right and come down on him from that angle — R.G.Hubler & J.A.De Chant >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : chassé III
2. : trip, excursion, venture
 < a sashay I took with friends — A.B.Guthrie >
 < scrubbing his own cartridge belt after every sashay in the field — James Jones >
 < permits himself cautious sashays into such subjects as history, education, politics, love — New Yorker >
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