| 释义 |
seawards, adv.|ˈsiːwədz|
[f. sea n. + -wards.]
= seaward adv. In early use to (the) seawards.
1517R. Torkington Pilgr. (1884) 19 To the se wardes ys the Stopull of Craggs. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xi. 13 Leauing the coast..we bare roome to seawards. 1621in Foster Eng. Factories Ind. (1906) 241 All our Shipps..stood off to seawards for that night. 1858Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 501/2 Near either shore [of the Atlantic] and seawards down to a depth of about two thousand feet, the composition of the sea-bottom varies greatly. 1902Buchan Watcher by Threshold 114 He turned eagerly seawards. |