| 释义 |
ˈriverwise, adv.
[f. river n.1 + wise n.1]
In the manner of a river; in relation to a river.
1927Joyce Lett. (1966) III. 164 She has grown—river⁓wise—since the night you heard her under the sign of Ursa Minor. 1946R. Graves Poems 1938–45 20 They carry Time looped so river-wise about their house There's no way in by history's road To name or number them. 1946R. Blesh Shining Trumpets vii. 151 The French laid out the city, eleven squares riverwise and six squares deep. |