laterally是什么意思？

laterally

英['lætərəlɪ] 美['lætərəlɪ]

• adv. 旁边地；

形容词：lateral;

例句

• When water reaches the saturated zone beneath the water table , it oozes slowly downward, and laterally. 当水到达潜水面以下的饱和带时, 它就缓慢地向下和侧向渗透.
• When the plate becomes unstable, it buckles laterally. 当板失去稳定时, 就发生横向屈曲.
• Shafts were sunk, with tunnels dug laterally. 竖井已经打下，并且挖有横向矿道。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  侧面的；横向的；侧向的
  Lateral means relating to the sides of something, or moving in a sideways direction.
  例句
  McKinnon estimated the lateral movement of the bridge to be between four and six inches. 麦金农估计大桥的侧向移动介于4至6英寸之间。

英英词典释义

• Adverb
  1. to or by or from the side;
  "such women carry in their heads kinship knowledge of six generations depth and extending laterally among consanguineal kin as far as the grandchildren of second cousin"
  2. in a lateral direction or location;
  "the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally"