edgewise

柯林斯词典

[美国英语]

1. ADV with the edge forwards or uppermost 从旁边
they carried the piano in edgeways
2. PHRASE 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]
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。