zigzag
adj[attrib 作定语]
(of a line, path, etc) turning right and left alternately at sharp angles (指线条、 小径等)锯齿形的, 之字形的, Z字形的
a zigzag road, course, flash of lightning 弯弯曲曲的道路、 路线、 闪电. zigzag, n line, path, etc forming a zigzag 锯齿形的线条、 小径等. zigzag, v (-gg-) [I, Ipr, Ip]
go in a zigzag 曲折地前进
The narrow path zigzags up the cliff. 这条狭窄的小径曲曲折折地向峭壁伸延. =>illus at pattern 见 pattern 插图.
We can perhaps forgive those who said the moons of Jupiter were produced by Galileo's spyglass if we recall that in his day, as for centuries before, curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth;