| 释义 |
sinward, adv.|ˈsɪnwəd|
[f. sin n. + -ward.]
Toward or in the direction of sin. † Also to sinward.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiii. 346 Vche a mayde þat he mette he made hir a signe Semynge to-synne-ward. c1440Jacob's Well 111 Feendys noumbre þe steppys of man & womman to synne warde. 1642Rogers Naaman 45 The thoughts that were roving helward, worldward, and sinward. 1644T. Case Quarrel of Covenant 74 A people..may enter Covenant with God, with their hearts, Rome-ward, and Earth-ward, and Sin-ward. 1820Mrs. Grant of Laggan Mem. & Corresp. (1844) II. 268 An infirmity always verging sinward. |