单词 | athwart |
释义 | athwart /euh thwawrt"/, adv. 1. from side to side; crosswise. 2. Naut. a. at right angles to the fore-and-aft line; across. b. broadside to the wind because of equal and opposite pressures of wind and tide: a ship riding athwart. 3. perversely; awry; wrongly. prep. 4. from side to side of; across. 5. Naut. across the direction or course of. 6. in opposition to; contrary to. [1425-75; late ME; see A-1, THWART] |
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