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be/lie broadside to + noun
broadside to 表示以侧面朝向某人或某物，常指船只或车辆。
The ship was broadside to the waves.
那艘船的侧面正对着海浪。
侧向地；以侧面朝向
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侧向地；以侧面朝向
sideways; with the side turned toward something
The ship was broadside to the waves.
那艘船的侧面正对着海浪。
侧向地；以侧面朝向某物。
Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.
The car skidded on the ice and hit the guardrail broadside.
汽车在冰上滑行，侧面撞上了护栏。
The boat turned broadside to the waves, and water poured over the side.
船横转过来，侧面朝向波浪，水从船侧涌了进来。
The bookshelf fell broadside onto the desk, scattering papers everywhere.
书架侧身倒在了书桌上，把纸撒得到处都是。
broadside to 表示以侧面朝向某人或某物，常指船只或车辆。
The ship was broadside to the waves.
那艘船的侧面正对着海浪。
此处 broadside 置于宾语之后，修饰动词 hit，表示撞击发生在侧面。
The truck hit the car broadside.
卡车从侧面撞上了那辆车。
turn broadside 表示车辆或船只转向，使侧面朝向前方或某个方向。
The car turned broadside on the icy road.
汽车在结冰的路上横了过来。
Not this
The ship was broadside with the wind.
Use this
The ship was broadside to the wind.
broadside 作副词表示“侧面朝向/侧向地”，与表示方向或参照物的名词连用时须用介词 to（如 broadside to the wind），表示朝向某物。with 表示“和/用”，不能表达朝向关系，因此要用 to。
Not this
The car hit broadside the tree.
Use this
The car hit the tree broadside.
方式副词 broadside 修饰及物动词 hit 时，应放在宾语之后（hit the tree broadside），不能放在动词和宾语之间。中文“侧向撞树”的状语常放在动词前，英语中此处需后置。
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以侧面朝向；侧身地
The ferry approached the dock broadside on.
渡轮侧身驶近码头。
侧面向着；横对着
The truck was parked broadside to the entrance.
卡车横对着入口停着。
从侧面撞击
A cyclist hit the car broadside.
一名骑车人从侧面撞上了汽车。
侧身撞上；横撞向
The car skidded and crashed broadside into a tree.
汽车打滑后侧身撞上了一棵树。
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把 broad（宽）和 side（侧）拼在一起：想象宽阔的船身整个侧过来对准目标，就是“侧向地”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：nautical descriptions、side-on collisions broadside 作副词表示“侧向地”，多用于描述船只、车辆等物体的侧面朝向或侧面碰撞，属于中性偏书面表达。
上述 aside、beside、inside、outside、upside 的结尾 -side 都读 /saɪd/，与 broadside 的 /saɪd/ 押韵；nationwide 的 -wide 读 /waɪd/，与 /saɪd/ 声音相近。注意 broadside 中 broad 读 /brɔd/，不要按拼写误读成 /broʊd/，也要注意它和 broadsheet /ˈbrɔːdʃiːt/ 这类拼写相近但发音不同的词相区分。
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