单词 | left-to-right |
释义 | > as lemmasleft-to-right left-to-right adj. designating or characterized by movement from the left to the right; (of writing) interpreted by reading from left to right. ΚΠ 1842 W. Sheldon Comment Twenty-third Chapter Prophet Isaiah 157 The left-to-right movement invariably occurred, however often the experiment was made. 1855 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. (ed. 4) II. vi. 83 Remember the different possible and actual varieties of direction [of a line of writing]..noticing the left-to-right, the right-to-left, and the bustrofedon forms. 1960 Times 14 May 18/7 Steel began to be troubled by the left-to-right wind. 2005 T. M. Gay Tris Speaker (2007) vi. 101 It took the rotary camera a couple of minutes to finish its left-to-right sweep. < as lemmas |
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