"such women carry in their heads kinship knowledge of six generations depth and extending laterally among consanguineal kin as far as the grandchildren of second cousin"
in a lateral direction or location;
"the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally"
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用作副词(adv.)
They would think laterally and let the technology do as much as possible without their control.他们将横向地进行思考,让这种技术在没有他们控制的情况下承担尽可能多的责任。