Word · Frequency #14901
diagonally
对角地
in a diagonal manner
- 1.
In a diagonal manner, not square to any direction.
斜对角地；不成直角地
斜对角地；不成直角地
In use
She cut the sandwich diagonally into two triangles.
The path runs diagonally across the park.
He parked the car diagonally in the narrow space.
verb + something + diagonally
diagonally 作方式副词，常放在宾语之后，表示动作呈斜向进行。
Cut the fabric diagonally.
把布料斜着剪开。
diagonally + across + noun
表示斜穿某个区域时，diagonally 放在 across 之前。
The path goes diagonally across the park.
这条小路斜着穿过公园。
be + diagonally + opposite + noun
diagonally opposite 用于描述静态位置，意为“斜对面”。
Their house is diagonally opposite the school.
他们家在学校斜对面。
Common mistakes
He drew a line diagonal across the paper.He drew a line diagonally across the paper.
这里需要用副词修饰动词短语“drew a line ... across”，而“diagonal”是形容词，不能作状语；副词形式“diagonally”才正确。
The street runs diagonal to the river.The street runs diagonally to the river.
动词“runs”需要副词来描述方向和方式，“diagonal”是形容词，应改用副词“diagonally”。
She placed the tiles in diagonal.She placed the tiles diagonally.
“in diagonal”不是地道的英语表达；表示“对角地放置”应直接用副词“diagonally”修饰动词“placed”。
Connections
Collocations
- cut diagonally
- 对角切开
- Cut the cucumber diagonally into thin slices.把黄瓜对角切成薄片。
- diagonally across
- 斜穿过
- He walked diagonally across the street to the café.他斜穿过马路去咖啡馆。
- diagonally opposite
- 斜对面
- The hotel is diagonally opposite the train station.酒店就在火车站的斜对面。
- place diagonally
- 斜放
- Place the tiles diagonally to create an interesting pattern.把瓷砖斜放以形成有趣的图案。
Synonyms
- obliquely
- 倾斜地；斜向地 · 较书面，可指任何斜向或间接方式；在几何中可换用，但日常说“斜穿”时不如 diagonally 自然。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“diagonal（对角线）加-ly”：像棋盘上斜着走一条线，记住“对角地”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：Everyday description、Geometry/math、Board games 该词为中性常用副词，通常表示斜向地，多用于描述移动、放置或排列的方向，正式与非正式场合都比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
True rhymes: octagonally and hexagonally share the stressed vowel /æ/ and the following /ɡənəli/ with diagonally. Finally, actually, normally and especially are -ally spelling lookalikes, but their stressed vowels are different, so they do not rhyme with diagonally.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.