akimbo
akimbo
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adv.（副词）
In or into a position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward:
双手叉腰地：处于两手放在腰臀部，两肘向外的姿势：
children standing akimbo by the fence.
双手叉腰站在篱笆附近的孩子们
adj.（形容词）
1.Placed in such a way as to have the hands on the hips and the elbows bowed outward:
双手叉腰的：双手放在腰臀部，两肘向外来摆姿势的：
children standing with arms akimbo.
双手叉腰站着的孩子们
2.Being in a bent, bowed, or arched position:
弯曲着的：处于弯曲、弯腰或拱形的姿式的：
“There he remained, dead to the world, limbs akimbo, until we left”(&b{Alex Shoumatoff})“&I{[She] often skips into a veritable ballet of akimbo limbs” (&b{Jack Kroll})
“直到我们离去他一直四肢弯曲着呆在那儿，对外界全然不顾”(亚历克斯·肖马托夫)“［她］ 常常能跳出四肢弯曲的真正的芭蕾舞动作” (杰克·克罗尔)
ORIGIN
Middle Englishin kenebowe
中古英语in kenebowe
