| 单词 |
sideward |
| 释义 |
sideward, adv. and a.|ˈsaɪdwəd|
[f. side n.1 Cf. MDu. sijtwert, zijdwaert.]
A. adv. Towards one side or the other.
c1430Art Nombryng 3 We writene in this art to the lift side-warde, as arabiene writene, that weren fynders of this science. a1513Fabyan Chron. (1516) v. cxxvii. 64/1 Euyn soo became of hym,..he myghte goo or Ryde frowarde or sydewarde, but towarde the Chapell myght he in no wyse atteygne. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1605) 278 He fell side-ward downe. 1621Quarles Argalus & P. (1678) 117 With that blow Amphialus last made, his arm had so O'er⁓struck it self; that sideward to the ground He fell. 1663Marquis of Worcester Cent. Inv. §95 Whether the Deer run forward, sideward, or start backward. 1831Blackw. Mag. XXX. 972 Stones far outshooting, or sideward leaving the tee. 1851Trench Study Words ii. §36 The leaps and springs, now forward, now sideward, now upward. 1888Harper's Mag. Apr. 740 Frenzied blasts came to buffet the steamer forward, sideward.
B. adj.
1. Directed, moving, or tending towards one side.
1831Lardner Hydrost. vii. 131 In sailing vessels this sideward inclination is a matter of comparatively slight importance. 1878Besant & Rice Celia's Arb. I. xi. 152 A few weeks before, and they were..striding with a sideward lurch after cows. 1899Westm. Gaz. 9 Aug. 2/1 The sun..then rises with a slight sideward movement.
2. Situated on one side; lateral.
1866Aitken Pract. Med. II. 59 Sharp collision among the blood-discs, passing from sideward veins into a large vessel. |
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