asquint
英 [ə'skwɪnt]
美
- adv. 侧目地
英英释义
- 1. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy;
- "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen
- "sidelong glances"
英文词源
- asquint (adv.)
- early 13c., "obliquely, with a sidelong glance," of uncertain etymology; from a- (1) + "a word corresponding to Du. schuinte 'slope, slant' of the independent use of which no instances survive ..." [OED]. "Middle English Dictionary" compares French équinter "cut to a point;" French dialectal (e)squintar "cast a glance, look furtively."