核心畫面
Think of someone walking forward who suddenly steps off to the left or the right: not ahead, not back, but along the line that runs out from the side of the body. Everything sideways does sits on that line — the direction is off to one side, or the side of a thing has been turned to face the front.
可以想成一個人本來直直往前走，忽然整個人往左邊（或右邊）挪一步：不是前進，也不是後退，而是沿著身體側面那條線移動。s…更多收起
可以想成一個人本來直直往前走，忽然整個人往左邊（或右邊）挪一步：不是前進，也不是後退，而是沿著身體側面那條線移動。sideways 大致都繞著這條「往旁邊」的線走——有時講方向往側面偏，有時講一個東西的側面被轉過來朝前。原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sidewaysadj詞源 1/ˈsaɪdweɪz/
- 1
Moving or directed toward one side.
- Giving Mary a sideways glance, he said,[…].
- He gave the ball a sideways kick.
- 2
informalPositioned sideways (with a side to the front).
- There was a stack of papers in front of each seat at the table, but each stack was sideways.
- 3
informalNeither moving upward nor moving downward.
- Once we get out of this sideways economy, our figures will more accurately reflect what we're truly capable of.
- 4
informalIn conflict (with); not compatible (with).
- He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired.
sidewaysadv詞源 1/ˈsaɪdweɪz/
- 1
With a side to the front.
- He builds houses sideways, with the front door on the side.
- 2
Towards one side.
- A bishop moves only diagonally; a rook, only sideways, forward, and back.
- He looked sideways at the new arrival, wondering who she was.
- 3
Askance; sidelong.
- 4
informalNeither upward nor downward.
- The economy has been moving sideways for several months now.
- 5
Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.
- We realized the project could go sideways very quickly if we didn't get the sales and marketing people on our side.
- As we walked deeper into the darkness, we both knew this could go sideways in a heartbeat. We were sitting ducks. Birds on a wire. Canaries in a coalmine.
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。