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earthward

/urth-werd/US // ˈɜrθ wərd //UK // (ˈɜːθwəd) //

向地,向土,向大地,向地球

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Also earthwards. toward the earth.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : directed toward the earth.

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Examples

  • The black cloud would float earthward, and Heno would stop and have a word with the mother and the boy.

  • Something moved down on the river bank and in that same instant the box hurtled earthward as might a spear.

  • He saw it open and sail earthward and then some one on the ground waved a white handkerchief.

  • So he eased his plane earthward, gliding lower and lower, and waiting for the flare.

  • For he had turned his horse loose, and the blunderbuss, which he had been holding horizontally, was now dropped earthward.