cater-cornered
/ˈkætəˌkɔːnəd/(亦作cater-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner)
adjective & adverb
- N. Amer. situated diagonally opposite someone or something〈北美〉与…成对角线的（地）, 在…斜对面的（地）：
as adj. a restaurant cater-cornered from the movie theatre一家在电影院斜对面的餐馆
as adv. motorcyclists cut cater-cornered across his yard.摩托车手们抄近路斜穿他家的院子。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from dialect cater 'diagonally'， from cater denoting the four on dice， from French quatre four'， from Latin quattuor.