In a direction contrary to the apparent course of the sun (considered as unlucky or causing disaster).
| 单词 | θ109898 |
| 释义 | the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > anticlockwise (6) widdershins1545 In a direction contrary to the apparent course of the sun (considered as unlucky or causing disaster). against the sun1584 Originally Nautical. against the sun: against the direction of the sun's apparent movement across the sky; (in the northern hemisphere) from right to… witherwards1624 = widdershins, adv. witherwise1643 = widdershins, adv. anticlockwise1884 In the opposite direction to that in which the hands of a clock turn round (see sense A.); = counterclockwise, adv. counterclockwise1885 In the opposite direction to that in which the hands of a clock turn round (see sense A.); = anticlockwise, adj. |
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