2024年2月8日 星期四

How Oct. 7 Drove a Wedge Into the Democratic Party. is wedged sideways across the canal



How Oct. 7 Drove a Wedge Into the Democratic Party

MAGAZINE

How Oct. 7 Drove a Wedge Into the Democratic Party

By Ross Barkan

Members of Congress, and candidates for their seats, have been drawn into bitter political clashes over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.






The ship — one of the largest in the world at more than 1,300 feet long, more than twice the height of the Washington Monument — is wedged sideways across the canal.



WASHINGTONPOST.COM
One of the world’s biggest ships is stuck sideways in the Suez Canal. No one can pass.



sideways
/ˈsʌɪdweɪz/
adverb
  1. 1.
    to, towards, or from the side.
    "she tilted her body sideways"
    類義語:
    to the side
    laterally
    crabwise
    athwart
    obliquely
    indirectly
    sidelong
    covertly
    furtively
    surreptitiously
    slyly
    askance
    lateral
    sideward
    on the side
    side to side
    oblique
    indirect
    side
    covert
    furtive
    surreptitious
    sly
  2. 2.
    by an indirect way.
adjective
  1. 1.
    directed or moving to, towards, or from the side.
    "he hurried towards his office without a sideways glance"
  2. 2.
    done indirectly.
    "he rambled through a number of subjects before making a sideways approach to what he really wanted"


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