catty-cornered
معنی کامل و مثالها
/kat´ē kôr´nǝrd/adj., adv.
● رجوع شود به: catty-corner) cater-cornered هم میگویند)
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Derived from the word 'cat', referring to the way cats sit or lie diagonally.
مثال
- The two buildings are catty-cornered to each other.
- She parked her car catty-cornered to the curb.
- The artwork was displayed catty-cornered in the gallery.
ترکیبهای رایج
Catty-cornered to Catty-cornered from Catty-cornered arrangement
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line “set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot”