| 单词 | clockwise |
| 释义 | clockwise (klɒkwaɪz ) adverb [ADVERB after verb] B2 When something is moving clockwise, it is moving in a circle in the same direction as the hands on a clock. He told the children to start moving clockwise around the room. Clockwise is also an adjective. Gently swing your right arm in a clockwise direction. Collocations: clockwise direction Then the circles began to turn slowly in a clockwise direction. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Mix the filling in a clockwise direction until it all sticks together. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The whole group should stand in a circle, all facing in a clockwise direction. Working with Teenagers (1994) Stay: The best of the walking comes if you do the loop in a clockwise direction. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Massage the blend in a clockwise direction over the lower abdomen, following the natural direction of your colon, and store the remainder in a dark glass bottle. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The player's car always moves counterclockwise around the board, and the computer's cars move clockwise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Stacks have the special privilege in which they can move around the board in either direction, whereas plain cones can only move clockwise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If they move clockwise, the sun will be in the south at midday, and if they move anticlockwise, then the sun will be in the north at midday. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pieces generally move clockwise around the board. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Still moving clockwise, we find the dining room, then a large kitchen and a small television area. Times, Sunday Times In principle, half of all galaxies rotate clockwise, the other half counterclockwise—and a 2008 study of some 37,000 galaxies confirmed that belief. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Upon firing, the gas drives the piston forward, compressing the spring and causing the spur gear to rotate clockwise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Warm-core eddies rotate clockwise, whereas cold-core eddies rotate counterclockwise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since the electric field can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise as it propagates, elliptically polarized waves exhibit chirality. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The aircraft can climb and descend vertically; fly sideways left and right; forward and backward; rotate clockwise and counter-clockwise; and hover in mid-air. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Generally, the propellers on both engines of most conventional twin-engined aircraft spin clockwise (as viewed from the rear of the aircraft). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Counter-rotating propellers generally spin clockwise on the left engine and counter-clockwise on the right. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each one emits a different tone when spun clockwise or counterclockwise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For a regular-footed skater (left foot in front) the board spins clockwise from the perspective of a view from behind the skater. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The ride spins clockwise at speeds of up to, dispelling a slight amount of centrifugal force. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, you can spin it by 1/7 of a turn clockwise or 2/7 of a turn anticlockwise. Times, Sunday Times In turn clockwise, each player places a new tile that lines up with the placed tiles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The starboard and centerline propellers turn clockwise while the port turns counter clockwise to compensate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lightly dust the worktop with flour and roll the chilled pastry into a circle, turning clockwise while rolling. Times, Sunday Times He inserted it, turning clockwise. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 顺时针方向 Japanese: 右回りに |
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