thwart + noun
thwart 作形容词时通常放在名词前作定语,语体较书面、少见,多见于描写方位或结构的文字。
A thwart plank lay across the narrow opening.
一块横放的木板横在那道窄口上。
横跨的;横向的;斜的
横跨的;交叉的、斜的、横向的;横放的
placed or situated across something; transverse
形容词用法较罕见,多用于书面语或描述横跨位置。
横跨的;交叉的、斜的、横向的
Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
The old bridge had a thwart beam supporting the deck from side to side.
这座老桥有一根横向梁,从一侧到另一侧支撑着桥面。
用法提示:此处 thwart 为形容词,表示“横向的、横跨的”,修饰名词 beam。
We followed the thwart path that cut diagonally across the hillside.
我们沿着那条斜穿山坡的横向小路走。
用法提示:此处 thwart 为形容词,表示“斜的、横向的”,修饰名词 path。
The carpenter measured the thwart plank before fixing it across the frame.
木匠量好了那块横板,然后把它固定到框架上。
用法提示:此处 thwart 为形容词,表示“横向的、横跨的”,修饰名词 plank。
thwart 作形容词时通常放在名词前作定语,语体较书面、少见,多见于描写方位或结构的文字。
A thwart plank lay across the narrow opening.
一块横放的木板横在那道窄口上。
作表语时表示“横着的、与别的东西交叉的”,这种用法更罕见,日常英语中几乎不用。
The two timbers are thwart, forming a cross.
那两根木料是横向交叉的,形成一个十字。
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