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单词 catawampus
释义 catawampus
 /kat'euh wom"peuhs/, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
  adj.  
  1. askew; awry.
  2. positioned diagonally; cater-cornered.
  adv.  
  3. diagonally; obliquely: We took a shortcut and walked catawampus across the field.
 Also, cattywampus.
 [1830-40 for earlier sense "utterly"; cata- diagonally (see CATER- CORNERED) + -wampus, perh. akin to WAMPISH]
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