柯林斯詞典lateral /?l?t?r?l/ 1. ADJ Lateral means relating to the sides of something, or moving in a sideways direction. 側(cè)面的; 橫向的 McKinnon estimated the lateral movement of the bridge to be between four and six inches. 麥金農(nóng)估計(jì)大橋的橫向移動(dòng)范圍在4到6英寸之間。 返回 lateral劍橋詞典[ 只用在名詞前面的形容詞 ] biology, medical formal or specialized relating to the sides of an object or plant or to sideways movement 側(cè)面的；橫向運(yùn)動(dòng)的 lateral movement 橫向運(yùn)動(dòng) Trim the lateral shoots of the flower (= the ones that grow sideways from the main stem of a plant ). 修剪花的旁枝。 phonetics specialized A lateral consonant is made when the flow of air is blocked in the middle , so that the air flows to the side . 側(cè)音的，邊音的 In English , /l/ is lateral. 在英語中，/l/是邊音。 返回 lateral