| 单词 | lateral |
| 释义 | lateral —laterally, adv. /lat"euhr euhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view. 2. pertaining to or entailing a position, office, etc., that is different but equivalent or roughly equivalent in status, as distinguished from a promotion or demotion: a lateral move. 3. Phonet. articulated so that the breath passes on either or both sides of the tongue, as l. n. 4. a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot. 5. Mining. a small drift off to the side of a principal one. 6. Phonet. a lateral speech sound. 7. Football. See lateral pass. v.i. 8. Football. to throw a lateral pass. 9. to move laterally or sideways: migrating birds lateraling down into Cape May. v.t. 10. Football. to throw (the ball) in a lateral pass. [1590-1600; < L lateralis of the side, equiv. to later- (s. of latus) side + -alis -AL1] |
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