edgeways /ˈɛdʒˌwaɪz/ (alsoedgewise)

• 1.  

  ADV（副词） with the edge forwards or uppermost 从旁边

  例：

  they carried the piano in edgeways

• 2.  

  PHRASE（习语） If you say that you cannot get a word in edgewise, you are complaining that you do not have the opportunity to speak because someone else is talking so much. 插嘴 [非正式]

  例：

  Ernest dominated the conversation - Zhou could hardly get a word in edgewise.

  欧内斯特滔滔不绝地说着 — 周几乎无法插上话。