| 单词 | thwart of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthwart of a. Nautical. Opposite to, over against (a place on the coast); = off prep. 7b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > opposite [preposition] anentOE againOE aforyenlOE againsta1225 in contrary ofc1400 to-gainsc1450 fornent1524 thwart of1589 oppositea1596 vis-à-vis1847 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 98 We were thwart of Porto Sancto. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 16 Being thwart of the Shoals of Brazil. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > across [preposition] thwart-overa1225 thwart1470 thorter1533 across1538 traverse1548 traverse to (also of)1548 athwart1598 transverse1607 thwart of1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 703 With adverse blast up-turns them from the South Notus and Afer black with thundrous Clouds..; thwart of these as fierce Forth rush the Levant and the Ponent Windes Eurus and Zephir. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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