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- 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。
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- a turn on such a course（之字形路线中的）急转弯：
the road descends in a series of sharp zigzags.
这条路沿着一系列的急转弯下坡。
- 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, 一些动物的逃窜路线呈之字形。
- 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)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.
这条小径在这块土地的干坡间蜿蜒。
派生词
zigzaggedly
adverb词源
early 18th cent.: from French， from German Zickzack, symbolic of alternation of direction， first applied to fortifications.