单词 | clockwise |
释义 | clockwise (once / 18382 pages) advadj WORD FAMILY clockwise: anticlockwise, counterclockwise USAGE EXAMPLESWith the larvae in a tank surrounded by the device, the scientists turned the earth’s normal magnetic north 120 degrees clockwise. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Start at the base of the frame and assemble the wreath clockwise, with the stem ends leading the way. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) Q. I read that Venus is the only planet to rotate clockwise. New York Times(Oct 17, 2016) 1adv in the direction that the hands of a clock move please move clockwise in a circle Ant anticlockwise, counterclockwise in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move 2adj in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock Syn|Ant dextrorotary, dextrorotatory, right-handed rotating to the right dextralof or on the right anticlockwise, contraclockwise, counterclockwise in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock left-handed, levorotary, levorotatoryrotating to the left sinistralof or on the left |
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