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单词 longwise
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longwiseadj.adv.

Brit. /ˈlɒŋwʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋˌwaɪz/, /ˈlɑŋˌwaɪz/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.1, -wise comb. form.
Etymology: < long adj.1 + -wise comb. form. Compare earlier longways adv. and (with the use as adverb) later longstwise adv., lengthwise adv.
A. adj.
1. Extending lengthways. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. k.ijv In men they [sc. ballockes] are longwyse & rounde, and in women they be rounde and flat.
2. Long in relation to breadth, oblong. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective]
longOE
eavelonga1387
long-warpeda1400
oblong?a1425
long-shaped1575
longwise1600
oblongish1665
elongate1828
elongated1828
oblongitudinal1892
1600 P. Holland tr. J. B. Marlianus Svmmary Topogr. Rome i. i, in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1348 The Viminall hill... The forme thereof is longwise [L. oblongam].
B. adv.
= longways adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in longitudinal direction
alongc1300
endlongc1300
afterlong?a1425
endlonges1473
alength?1523
longways1525
longwise1548
alongst1562
longstways1566
longstwise1566
lengthwisec1580
longst1581
lengthways1599
longitudinally1695
plankwise1815
axially1855
1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. C.ij Dunbar, a toun stonding longwise vpon ye seasyde.
1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories xvi. 95 They are all parted per pale..that is, parted longwise in the midst.
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 67 That kernell..as our Hazle nuts in England, will part in the middle long-wise.
c1720 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture III. vii. 16 Upon which..are laid other beams longwise.
1789 J. Bonner Bee-master's Compan. xvi. 111 Take honey-combs, and cut them longwise so as to reach from one side of the eek to the other.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxii. 213 Standing it [sc. a letter] long-wise and broad-wise on his table.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xvi. 151 Too much of him longwise, too little of him broadwise, and too many sharp angles of him angle-wise.
1922 H. A. MacMichael Hist of Arabs in Sudan iii. i. 203 The Bedayría have adopted the fashion of wearing their hair in several thick sausage-like rolls laid longwise back from the forehead.
2006 State Jrnl.-Reg. (Springfield, Illinois) (Nexis) 17 June 17 Get a ruler, or fold a piece of paper in half longwise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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