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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

lateral ['lætərəl] ['lætərəl]
  1. 1. adjective 侧面的；在侧面的；从侧面的；向侧面的；横斜的；斜向一边的
    lateral movement
    横向运动
  2. 2. adjective [Phonetics] 边音的；旁流音的
  3. 3. noun 位于侧面的东西；侧面部分；侧面生长的东西（如树枝等）
  4. 4. noun [Soccer] [American English] lateral pass的缩略
  5. 5. noun [Mining] 纵向平联（结构）；支线；水平巷道
  6. 6. noun [Phonetics] 边音，旁流音

Collins English-English Dictionary

lateral ['lætərəl]
  1. 1. adj of or relating to the side or sides
    a lateral blow
  2. 2. adj [phonetics] (of a speech sound like l) pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the centre of the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides for the passage of the airstream
  3. 3. n a lateral object, part, passage, or movement
  4. 4. n [phonetics] a lateral speech sound
  5. 5. n [Etymology] C17: from Latin lateralis, from latus side
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a lateral blow
这个问题只能用发散思维来解决。
This problem can be solved only through lateral thinking.

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