bottomwardsadv.

Brit.

/ˈbɒtəmwədz/, U.S.

/ˈbɑdəmwərdz/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bottom n., -wards suffix.

Etymology: < bottom n. + -wards suffix. Compare later bottomward adv.

Now somewhat rare.

= bottomward adv.

ΚΠ

1838 A. Collingridge Night near Windsor iv. 81 One long-drawn breath..and the lieutenant dived obliquely bottomwards.

1879 Sci. News (Salem, Mass.) 15 Nov. 261/2 Dutchmen are wrong in making their chimneys taper topwards. They ought to taper bottomwards.

1907 Geogr. Jrnl. 20 281 In the neighbourhood of the ice these particles mix with the other cooled particles..and sink bottomwards.

1999 Independent (Nexis) 6 Mar. 16 The riots in 1985 on the Broadwater Farm estate..resulted in South Tottenham's reputation plummeting bottomwards.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bottomwards
释义	bottomwardsadv. Brit. /ˈbɒtəmwədz/, U.S. /ˈbɑdəmwərdz/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bottom n., -wards suffix. Etymology: < bottom n. + -wards suffix. Compare later bottomward adv. Now somewhat rare. = bottomward adv. ΚΠ 1838 A. Collingridge Night near Windsor iv. 81 One long-drawn breath..and the lieutenant dived obliquely bottomwards. 1879 Sci. News (Salem, Mass.) 15 Nov. 261/2 Dutchmen are wrong in making their chimneys taper topwards. They ought to taper bottomwards. 1907 Geogr. Jrnl. 20 281 In the neighbourhood of the ice these particles mix with the other cooled particles..and sink bottomwards. 1999 Independent (Nexis) 6 Mar. 16 The riots in 1985 on the Broadwater Farm estate..resulted in South Tottenham's reputation plummeting bottomwards. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1838
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