单词 | -ward |
释义 | -ward a native English suffix denoting spatial or temporal direction, as specified by the initial element: toward; seaward; afterward; backward. Also, -wards. [ME; OE -weard towards; c. G -wärts; akin to L vertere to turn (see VERSE)] Usage. Both -WARD and -WARDS occur in such words as backward, forward, upward, and toward. The -WARD form is by far the more common in edited American English writing. |
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