askance
معنی فارسی
چپ چپ ، کج ، از گوشه چشم
(مج.) با چشم حقارت ، بانگاه رشگاميز ،
از روي سوءظن
معنی کامل و مثالها
/ǝ skans´/adv.
● (در مورد نگاه) چپ چپ، کج، از گوشهی چشم، یک وری
● با بدگمانی، با سوظن، با مخالفت
when I mentioned her name, she looked at me askance
اسم او را که آوردم به من از گوشهی چشم نگاه کرد.
they look askance at our motives
آنان نسبت به انگیزههای ما بدگمان هستند.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The word 'askance' comes from the Middle English word 'askans', meaning 'sideways'. It is derived from the Old Norse word 'ǫskr', meaning 'sideways'.
مثال
- He looked at her askance, unsure of her intentions.
- The teacher glanced askance at the student's excuse for being late.
- She raised an eyebrow askance at his outrageous suggestion.
ترکیبهای رایج
Look askance Glance askance Raise an eyebrow askance
تعریف انگلیسی
- with suspicion or disapproval “he looked askance at the offer”
- with a side or oblique glance “did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes”
مترادفها
adverb
(also askant)
Obliquely, sideways, sidewise, askew, awry, aslant, asquint, on one side, out of the corner of one's eye.