| 单词 | westward-blowing |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswestward-blowing C1. With adverbial force, forming adjectives, as westward-blowing, westward-flowing, etc. ΚΠ 1817 J. Leyden & H. Murray Hist. Acct. Discov. & Trav. Afr. II. iii. ii. 416 Their knowledge might terminate with this westward-flowing river, and might never reach the stream visited by Park. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 126 Those far-rolling, westward-smiling seas. 1891 Nation (N.Y.) 19 Nov. 393/1 The westward-looking portion of this volume. 1895 Daily News 24 Dec. 6/1 That fierce westward-blowing gale of fire. 1936 R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 33 Bathe His westward-wending feet. 1970 D. Brown Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee i. 4 The European colonists moved inland..down the westward-flowing rivers to the Great Waters (the Mississippi). 1992 Geol. Mag. 129 601/1 Folds..are generally westward-verging, with axial surfaces inclined at up to 45°. < as lemmas |
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