askance

英語

發音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/əˈskæns/, /əˈskɑːns/
• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/əˈskæns/

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• 韻部：-ɑːns

副詞

askance (不可比)

1. （掃視） 不贊成地；懷疑地

   The beggar asked for change, but the haughty woman only looked at him askance.

   • 1932 — Clark Ashton Smith, The Maker of Gargoyles

     The scandal of opposition died down, and the stone-carver himself, though the town-folk continued to eye him askance, was able to secure other work through the favor of discriminating patrons.

2. 傾斜地; 躲躲閃閃地
   • 1896 — H. G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau, chapter 8

     I glanced askance at this strange creature, and found him watching me with his queer, restless eyes.

   • 1878 — Henry James, The Europeans, chapter 1

     ...the head-stones in the grave-yard beneath seemed to be holding themselves askance to keep it out of their faces.

同義詞

• (不贊成地；懷疑地)： skeptically, suspiciously
• (傾斜地; 躲躲閃閃地)： obliquely, sideways

翻譯

不贊成地看；懷疑地看

• Finnish: karsaasti

傾斜地; 躲躲閃閃地

• Finnish: sivuttain (sideways), nurkkasilmällä (obliquely)

形容詞

askance (無比較級)

1. 傾斜着，特別是眼睛
   • 1855 — Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came

     My first thought was, he lied in every word,
     That hoary cripple, with malicious eye
     Askance to watch the working of his lie

同義詞

• (傾斜着)： oblique, sideways