akimbo
美音:
[ə´kım´bəu
]英音:
[ə´kım´bəu
]adj.两手叉腰的 adv.两手叉腰
难易程度:
akimbo为短语/超纲词汇
近义词, 同义词
akimbo
/ə'kɪmbəʊ; ə`kɪmbo/
adv (idm 习语) with arms akimbo => arm. =>illus at arm 见 arm 之插图.
akimbo
adj[
Date: 1700-1800;
Origin: in kenbow, on kenbow (15-17 centuries), probably from an unrecorded
Old Norse i keng boginn
'bent in a curve']
(with) arms akimbowith your hands on your
hips so that your elbows point away from your body
(with) legs akimbowith your legs wide apart