The Word of the Day for April 11 is: akimbo \uh-KIM-boh\ adjective or adverb

*1 : having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward
2 : set in a bent position

Example sentence:
The model, arms akimbo, struck a pose at the end of the runway.

Did you know?
It's "akimbo" nowadays, but in Middle English, the spelling "in kenebowe" was used for the bent, hand-on-hip arm (or later, for any bent position).
Originally, the term was fairly neutral, but now saying that a person is standing with "arms akimbo" implies a posture that communicates defiance, confidence, aggressiveness, or arrogance.
In her novel Little Women, Louisa May Alcott took the word one step further, extending it into the figurative realm when she explained that tomboyish Jo had not been invited to participate in an elegant event with the other young ladies of the neighborhood because "her elbows were decidedly akimbo at this period of her life."

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

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(Belows source from 《金山词霸》)

akimbo
adv.（副词）
In or into a position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward:
双手叉腰地：处于两手放在腰臀部，两肘向外的姿势：
children standing akimbo by the fence.
双手叉腰站在篱笆附近的孩子们
adj.（形容词）
Placed in such a way as to have the hands on the hips and the elbows bowed outward:
双手叉腰的：双手放在腰臀部，两肘向外来摆姿势的：
children standing with arms akimbo.
双手叉腰站着的孩子们
Being in a bent, bowed, or arched position:
弯曲着的：处于弯曲、弯腰或拱形的姿式的：
“There he remained, dead to the world, limbs akimbo, until we left”(Alex Shoumatoff)“[She]  often skips into a veritable ballet of akimbo limbs” (Jack Kroll)
“直到我们离去他一直四肢弯曲着呆在那儿，对外界全然不顾”(亚历克斯·肖马托夫)“［她］ 常常能跳出四肢弯曲的真正的芭蕾舞动作” (杰克·克罗尔)

akimbo
adv., adj.两手叉腰地（的）
She stood, arms akimbo, looking around.
她站着，两手叉着腰，向四下张望。

akimbo
adj.[多用作表语],

akimbo
adv.两手叉腰
with arms akimbo
两手叉腰