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zigzag

adjective
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
[only before noun]
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  1. in the shape of a zigzag
    • a zigzag line/path/pattern弯弯曲曲的线条／小路／形状

zigzag

noun
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
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  1. a line or pattern that looks like a series of letter W’s as it bends to the left and then to the right again锯齿形线条（或形状）；之字形
    • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags.小路顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。🔊🔊
    • The path rose in zigzags up the hillside.小路在山坡上蜿蜒曲折上升。
    Topics Colours and Shapesc2
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from German Zickzack, symbolic of alternation of direction, first applied to fortifications.

zigzag

verb
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they zigzag
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡ/
he / she / it zigzags
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡz/
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡz/
past simple zigzagged
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡd/
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡd/
past participle zigzagged
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡd/
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡd/
-ing form zigzagging
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡɪŋ/
🔊/ˈzɪɡzæɡɪŋ/
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  1. (+ adv./prep.) to move forward by making sharp sudden turns first to the left and then to the right曲折前进
    • The narrow path zigzags up the cliff.狭窄的小路曲曲折折通向悬崖。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryZigzag is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • path
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    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from German Zickzack, symbolic of alternation of direction, first applied to fortifications.