| 单词 | seaward |
| 释义 | seaward (siːwəʳd ) language note: The form seawards can also be used for meaning [sense 1]. 1. adverb [ADVERB after verb] Something that moves or faces seaward or seawards moves or faces in the direction of the sea or further out to sea. A barge was about a hundred yards away, waiting to return seaward. It faced seawards to the north. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] The seaward side of something faces in the direction of the sea or further out to sea. The houses on the seaward side of the road were all in ruins. Collocations: seaward side With huge floor-to-ceiling windows over almost the entire seaward side of the building, it's a modernist's dream. Times, Sunday Times On the seaward side, tables and chairs peak out from beneath the eaves of the large glass doors and fill the separate decking area on the beach. Times, Sunday Times We were on the seaward side of the road, which meant we could see how the cliff dropped away from the roadside into nothing but blue air. Times, Sunday Times The islands are ringed by an enclosing reef on the seaward side of the islets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Twenty houses lie on land on the seaward side of the railway. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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