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单词 sternward
释义

sternward

[ sturn-werd ]
/ ˈstɜrn wərd /

adverb

toward the stern; astern.

Origin of sternward

First recorded in 1825–35; stern2 + -ward

Words nearby sternward

sternson, sternum, sternutation, sternutator, sternutatory, sternward, sternwards, sternway, sternwheel, sternwheeler, steroid
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Example sentences from the Web for sternward

  • Sternward on the deck, by the lounge oval, I could see Miko standing.

    Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930|Various
  • She was about four thousand tons, and her engines were sternward and not amidship.

    The Million Dollar Mystery|Harold MacGrath
  • In the end, when the afternoon was waxing late, the sternward vessel stood up so that every detail of her loomed plain.

    Poor Man's Rock|Bertrand W. Sinclair
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