| 单词 | facing page |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfacing page 2. That faces or is positioned so as to face; that is opposite to, esp. in facing page.Also in compounds indicating the direction faced, as backward-, north-, rear-, south-facing, etc. ΚΠ 1785 C. Hutton Math. Tables 12 The complements are always on the same line in the opposite or facing pages. 1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 292 The habit of a lady of the close of Charles's reign is given on the facing page. 1866 Sci. Amer. 21 Apr. 270/1 The pistons attached to the facing sides of the two disks. 1878 Chester Daily Times (Pa.) 7 Oct. 1/4 Each pair of facing seats..becomes a broad continuous couch. 1939 I. T. Sanderson Caribbean Treasure iii. xii. 233 Rolling up..the tarpaulin on the facing side of the boato [sic]. 1947 Geogr. Rev. 37 125 One could see on the facing wall of the next room a photomosaic of the Araya and Paria Peninsulas. 1964 G. Read Mus. Notation xviii. 298 For four-hand music on one instrument, the two parts are placed on facing pages. 1998 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 22 Aug. 47 Continue upwards to a gate in a facing fence and where the path splits a second time, go right. < as lemmas |
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