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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. 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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