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Sidestep Rabies Mad Rave 13498.Sidestep 英 Saɪdstep]美 Saɪdstɛp

正面 13498.sidestep
英 ['saɪdstep]美 ['saɪdstɛp]

背面
释义:
vt. 回避;横跨一步躲避vi. 回避问题;侧向跨步n. 台阶;横跨的一步
例句:
1. Rarely, if ever, does he sidestep a question.他极少逃避问题。

1. rabies => rave.2. rabies => rabere "be mad, rave" <= rab-.3. rab- "be mad, rave" => rabies, rave, rage.

sidestep (n.)also side-step, 1757, "a stepping to the side" (originally in military drill), from side (adj.) + step (n.). The verb is recorded from 1895; the figurative sense is attested from 1900."

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