| 释义 |
sunwise, adv. (a.)|ˈsʌnwaɪz|
[f. sun n.1 + -wise.]
1. = prec.
1865McLauchlan Early Scott. Ch. iv. 33 Everything that is to move prosperously among many of the Celts, must move sunwise. 1885Cornh. Mag. Mar. 271 The brethren made a processional turn round the temple, sunwise.
b. as adj.
1881C. F. Gordon-Cumming in Scribner's Mag. XXII. 738 The old custom of carrying fire in sunwise procession around any given object. 1884― in Macm. Mag. Feb. 307/2 Pilgrims..walk round the holy city in sun-wise circuit.
2. In the manner of the sun; with brightness like that of the sun. rare—1.
1897F. Thompson Any Saint xxxix, When He bends down, sun-wise, Intemperable eyes. |