athwart
🇺🇸
/əˈθwɔːrt/
🇬🇧
/əˈθwɔːt/
preposition
R
A way to say something is placed across something else, like a stick across a stream.
The fallen tree lay athwart the narrow path.
倒下的树横在狭窄的小路上。
R
When something is against or opposite to something else.
The new rule was athwart the old tradition.
新规定与旧传统相冲突。
translation
横跨, 相反