Zigzag

(noun.) an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.

(verb.) travel along a zigzag path; 'The river zigzags through the countryside'.

(adj.) having short sharp turns or angles .

(adv.) in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path; 'birds flew zigzag across the blue sky'.

录入:皮埃尔

• He replaced the recording pencil with a fountain pen, and instead of the zigzag signals used the short and long lines that came to be called dots and dashes. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Andreu Nin was in the first zigzag belt of wire. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• On being released the pendulum would return, and in this way zigzag markings, as shown at 4 and 5, would be produced on the strip of paper, which formed the alphabet. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• We passed across Holborn, down Endell Street, and so through a zigzag of slums to Covent Garden Market. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• This siphon is vibrated by the electric impulses to produce on the paper strip a zigzag line, whose varying contour is made to represent letters. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The road, said to have been built by Cortez, zigzags around the mountain-side and was defended at every turn by artillery. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Two or three lamps were rained out and blown out; so, both saw the lightning to advantage as it quivered and zigzagged on the iron tracks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• On the east side the slope is much more gradual, and a good wagon road, zigzagging up it, connects the town of Chattanooga with the summit. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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