| 释义 |
sternward, sternwards, adv.|ˈstɜːnwəd, -wədz|
[See -ward, -wards.]
Towards or in the direction of the stern. Also of position, astern.
1832J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn (1860) 16, I gazed upon the receding headlands far sternward. 1892Hardy Well-beloved iii. vi. (1897) 309 Their course, whether stemwards or sternwards, was steadily south. 1904Blackw. Mag. July 134 The Admiral glanced sternwards. 1913Daily News 5 Jan. 6 Logs of trees drifted past us sternward.
b. from the sternward: in a direction from the stern: see -ward.
1866Neale Sequences & Hymns 38 The shipmen..Cast four anchors from the sternward. |