zigzag

zigzag
noun
  1. a line or course having abrupt alternate right and left turns
    锯齿形线条；之字形路线
    she traced a zigzag on the metal with her finger.
    她用手指在金属表面上划了个之字形。
    ■a turn on such a course
    蜿蜒曲折
    the road descends in a series of sharp zigzags.
    这条路的下坡蜿蜒曲折。
adjective
  1. having the form of a zigzag; veering to right and left alternately
    之字形的，锯齿形的；曲折的，弯曲的
    when chased by a predator, some animals take a zigzag course.
    当被捕食动物追赶时，许多动物的逃窜路线呈之字形。
adverb
  1. so as to move right and left alternately
    之字形地，锯齿形地；曲折地，弯曲地
    she drives zigzag across the city.
    她驾车左突右拐地穿过城市。
(zigzagged, zigzagging)
  1. [no obj.]have or move along in a zigzag course
    呈之字形移动；曲折行进
    the path zigzagged between dry rises in the land.
    一条小径在这块土地干涸的小山丘间蜿蜒。
派生
zigzaggedly
adverb
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: from French, from German Zickzack, symbolic of alternation of direction, first applied to fortifications
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