请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 deasil
释义

deasil

[ dee-zuhl ]
/ ˈdi zəl /

adverb Chiefly Scot.

clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
Compare withershins.

Origin of deasil

First recorded in 1765–75; from Scots Gaelic, Irish deiseal, Middle Irish dessel “toward the right, clockwise, following the sun (i.e., auspiciously),” equivalent to dess “right, south” + sel “turn, time”; see origin at dexter

Words nearby deasil

dearly, dear me, dearterialization, dearth, deary, deasil, death, death adder, death and taxes, certain as, death angel, death anxiety
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

British Dictionary definitions for deasil

deasil
/ (ˈdiːzəl, ˈdiːʃəl) Scot /

adverb

in the direction of the apparent course of the sun; clockwise

noun

motion in this direction
Compare withershins

Word Origin for deasil

C18: Scot Gaelic deiseil
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/24 20:59:03