单词 | slopeways |
释义 | slopewaysadv. In a sloping manner or position. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb] > slopingly slope1530 slopewise1530 slopingly1644 shelving1649 slopeways1670 shelvingly1680 1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd 25 Setting them upright, or slope ways, or flatt. 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum iii. 16 From the inside to the back of the hook sloop-ways. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 cvi. 459 The beets should be put into the canals slope-ways. 1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 18 The rigging, which ran criss-cross and slopeways. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adv.1670 |
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