As conveying scent, esp. the scent of a person or animal in hunting, etc.: in various phrases, literal and figurative.
| 单词 | θ105472 |
| 释义 | the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards wind direction (11) to the windc1330 As conveying scent, esp. the scent of a person or animal in hunting, etc.: in various phrases, literal and figurative. to (the) windwardc1550 to (the) windward (also formerly with other prepositions): to the windward side or direction. with the wind1577 with the wind: in the direction in which the wind is blowing. Now esp. in figurative phr. gone with the wind: gone completely (as if blown away by… in the wind1580 in the wind. In (or into) the direction from which the wind is blowing; to windward: (a) in reference to something which can be scented or… to the weatherward1589 up (the) wind1611 up (the) wind: in the direction contrary to that in which the wind is blowing; against the wind: the opposite of down (the) wind at sense 19. down (the) winda1616 down (the) wind. In the direction in which the wind is blowing; along the course of the wind. Also down-wind (attributive), situated in this… windward1690 Towards the wind, to windward. weatherly1708 adv. To the windward. Obsolete. rare. up-wind1838 Contrary to the course of, against, the wind. into the wind1918 into the wind: into or towards the direction from which the wind is blowing; so as to face the wind. |
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