释义 |
slopeways, adv.|ˈsləʊpweɪz| [f. slope n.1 or a.] In a sloping manner or position.
1670J. Smith Eng. Improv. Reviv'd 25 Setting them upright, or slope ways, or flatt. 1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. iii. §4 (1689) 20 From the inside to the back of the hook slope-ways. 1765Museum Rust. IV. cvi. 459 The beets should be put into the canals slope-ways. 1893Kipling Many Invent. 18 The rigging, which ran criss-cross and slopeways. |