Edgeways means sideways — with the thin side first, or moving toward the side. If you push a book onto a shelf edgeways, you slide it in on its edge, not laid flat. If a table will not go through a door, you turn it edgeways.

Edgeways意思是sideways側著——with the thin side first細的一邊先進,or moving toward the side朝側面移動。如果你push a book onto a shelf edgeways把書側著推上書架,you slide it in on its edge就是讓書側著滑進去,not laid flat不是平放。如果a table一張桌子will not go through a door過不了門,you turn it edgeways就把它轉成側面。

The word feels a little British or old-fashioned; many people, especially in American English, say edgewise instead, with the same meaning.

The word這個詞 feels a little British or old-fashioned感覺有點英式老派;many people很多人,especially in American English尤其是講美式英語的人,say edgewise instead會改講edgewise這個字,with the same meaning意思相同。

Though actually, the meaning you will meet most is not furniture at all. It lives in the set phrase “I couldn’t get a word in edgeways”: everyone else was talking so much that you had no space to speak. That idiom is informal and very common; using edgeways about objects is rarer.

Though actually不過其實,the meaning you will meet most你最常遇到的意思 is not furniture at all根本不是家具。It lives in the set phrase它就活在這句固定用語裡 “I couldn’t get a word in edgeways”這句話裡:everyone else was talking so much別人講個不停,that you had no space to speak讓你完全插不上話。That idiom這個成語 is informal and very common很口語也很常見;using edgeways about objects用edgeways講物品反而 is rarer比較少見。