akimbo

/uh-kim-boh/US // əˈkɪm boʊ //UK // (əˈkɪmbəʊ) //

拱手相让,拱桥,拱形的,拱手礼

Definitions

1
- : with hand on hip and elbow bent outward: to stand with arms akimbo.
- : splayed out in an awkward or ungainly manner: After the strenuous hike, she sat on the floor with her legs akimbo.
- : fully extended in opposite directions: The dancer warmed up with his arms and legs stretched akimbo.
- : to one side; askew; awry: They wore their hats akimbo.He woke up from his nap, hair akimbo.

as inangular

Synonyms

It’s a title with all the swagger of a 200-page contract heavy with riders, an appellation that stands, arms akimbo, in defiance of Pee-wee Herman’s dictum “That’s my name, don’t wear it out.”
He stood with one arm akimbo, the other resting on the table, and grinned like a vulgar Mephistopheles.
She was standing in the doorway, her arms akimbo and her sleeves rolled up.
He set his arms akimbo and smiled toothlessly upon the visitor.
His arms were akimbo, his feet planted as firmly as if he were a particularly stubborn brand of tree.
I had gone there because I had seen smoke coming out of the little crooked pipe that stood akimbo.

/uh-kim-boh/US // əˈkɪm boʊ //UK // (əˈkɪmbəʊ) //

拱手相让,拱桥,拱形的,拱手礼

1
- : with hand on hip and elbow bent outward: to stand with arms akimbo.
- : splayed out in an awkward or ungainly manner: After the strenuous hike, she sat on the floor with her legs akimbo.
- : fully extended in opposite directions: The dancer warmed up with his arms and legs stretched akimbo.
- : to one side; askew; awry: They wore their hats akimbo.He woke up from his nap, hair akimbo.

as inangular

Synonyms

It’s a title with all the swagger of a 200-page contract heavy with riders, an appellation that stands, arms akimbo, in defiance of Pee-wee Herman’s dictum “That’s my name, don’t wear it out.”
He stood with one arm akimbo, the other resting on the table, and grinned like a vulgar Mephistopheles.
She was standing in the doorway, her arms akimbo and her sleeves rolled up.
He set his arms akimbo and smiled toothlessly upon the visitor.
His arms were akimbo, his feet planted as firmly as if he were a particularly stubborn brand of tree.
I had gone there because I had seen smoke coming out of the little crooked pipe that stood akimbo.