sideswipe

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++side·swipe1 /ˈsaɪdswaɪp/ noun [countable usually singular]  CRITICIZEif you take a sideswipe at someone or something, you criticize them while you are talking about something different 指桑骂槐，附带批评 Sir Kenneth concluded with a sideswipe at his critics. 肯尼思爵士结束讲话时，对他的批评者含沙射影地抨击了一番。

Examples from the Corpus

sideswipe• What Hunt took as high seriousness, I took as a typical Lauda sideswipe, the fox laughing at the huntsman.

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sideswipe2 verb [transitive] American English  TTCACCIDENTto hit the side of a car with another car so that the two sides touch quickly 〔驾车时〕剐蹭〔另一辆车〕 She was going too fast and sideswiped a parked car. 她车开得太快，蹭了一辆停着的汽车。→ See Verb table

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sideswipe• The bus sideswiped several parked cars.

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sideswipe

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side‧swipe¹ /ˈsaɪdswaɪp/ noun [countable usually singular]
if you take a sideswipe at someone or something, you criticize them while you are talking about something different:
    Sir Kenneth concluded with a sideswipe at his critics.

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sideswipe² verb [transitive] American English
to hit the side of a car with another car so that the two sides touch quickly:
    She was going too fast and sideswiped a parked car.

side·swipeBrE /ˈsaɪdswaɪp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsaɪdswaɪp/ 🔊 noun(NAmE) a hit from the side 擦边撞击；侧撞；擦撞◆a sideswipe by a truck卡车的擦撞~ (at sb/sth) (informal) a critical comment made about sb/sth while you are talking about sb/sth completely different 借机抨击；借题发挥的批评◆It was a good speech, but he couldn't resist taking a sideswipe at his opponent. 他的讲话不错，可他还是忍不住借机把对手抨击了一番。🔊🔊▸ side·swipe verb~ sb/sth (NAmE) ◆The bus sideswiped two parked cars. 公共汽车擦边撞上了两辆停在那儿的汽车。🔊🔊