waterward
/waw-ter-werd, wot-er-/US // ˈwɔ tər wərd, ˈwɒt ər- //
向水,向水而行,向水而生,向水力
Definitions
adv.副词 adverb
- 1
- : in the direction of water or a body of water.
Examples
She ran across the stretch of glistening beach, paused and struck a pose, one toe pointed waterward, her arms extended affectedly.
All of these had turned waterward when the whistle sounded so long and shrilly.
A few yards waterward from the gate there lay, hidden in the shadowed water, a sunken pier.
And the coquetry faded from her eyes as her glance wandered waterward and became fixed on some object invisible and far away.
And if he puffed his pipe fiercely, nobody cared, since the breeze carried the smoke waterward.
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