zigzag

英 ['zɪɡzæɡ] 美 ['zɪɡzæɡ]

• n. 曲折；之字形
• adj. 曲折的；锯齿形的
• adv. 曲折地；成锯齿形地
• vt. 使曲折
• vi. 曲折前行

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 弯弯曲曲地走路

   move, turn or run in a zigzag manner

2. vt. 把…做成之字形

   make sth just like a “Z”

英英释义

Noun:

1. an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions

Adjective:

1. having short sharp turns or angles

Adverb:

1. in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path;

   "birds flew zigzag across the blue sky"
   

Verb:

1. travel along a zigzag path;

   "The river zigzags through the countryside"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. As long as the insect remains in the odor stream, fairly direct or weakly zigzag flight paths are maintained until it overshoots the odor source.
   只要昆虫与气味一接触时，它们沿着几乎是直接的或稍有曲折的飞行路线，直到越过气味源。
2. The same effect causes student drivers to zigzag down the road, as each late large correction of the steering wheel overreacts to the last late overcorrection.
   这就跟新手开车总是开出之字形道理一样，因为每次转动方向盘，总是会矫枉过正，超过上次校正所偏离的部分。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. As long as the insect remains in the odor stream, fairly direct or weakly zigzag flight paths are maintained until it overshoots the odor source.
   只要昆虫与气味一接触时，它们沿着几乎是直接的或稍有曲折的飞行路线，直到越过气味源。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. She walked along, zigzagging with her head back.
   她回头看着,弯弯扭扭地向前走去。
2. The drunken man zigzagged down the street.
   那个醉鬼歪歪倒倒地沿街走去。
3. The road zigzagged up the hill.
   那条路曲折地伸到山上。
4. The lightning zigzagged through the church yard.
   闪电呈之字形划过教堂的院子。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Zigzag the rivets, please.
   请把那铆钉铆成错纵状。

经典引文

• Lightning flashed, an enormous zigzag of it ripping across the sky.

  出自： E. Blair

• We made our way northward, zigzagging to avoid derelicts..in the middle of the road.

  出自： J. Wyndham

• A Chinese screen zigzagged between the door and one of the armchairs.

  出自： J. Fane

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• zigzag adroitly 机敏地前进着
• zigzag cleverly 明智地向前走
• zigzag clumsily 笨拙地前进
• zigzag interestingly 高兴地前进
• zigzag miserably 痛苦地前进
• zigzag slightly 略呈之字形前进
• zigzag slowly 曲折缓慢地走
• zigzag down 歪歪倒倒地走

～+介词

• zigzag across 穿过…
• zigzag through 穿过…

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. zigzag作形容词时意思是“之字形的”,作名词时意思是“锯齿形的小路”,转化成动词意思是“曲折地前进”,指在曲折迂回的路上前进或步履不稳地向前走。多用作不及物动词,其主语可以是人也可以是物(如道路等)。
2. zigzag也可指把某物做成之字形,是及物动词。
3. zigzag的过去式和过去分词均为zigzagged。

近反义词

【近义词】

• roundabout 绕道的
• crooked 弯曲的
• forked 成叉的
• wind 风
• meander 缓慢而弯曲地流动...
• crisscross 交叉
• weave 编织
• snake 蛇
• corkscrew 拔塞钻
• zig 锯齿形转角(急转)...
• zag 锯齿形转角
• crank 曲柄
• zig-zag 曲折的