| 释义 |
goalward, a. and adv. orig. and chiefly Sport.
Brit. |ˈgəʊlwəd|, U.S. |ˈgoʊlwərd|
[‹ goal n. + -ward suffix. Compare goalwards adv.]
A. adj. Directed or moving towards a (or the) goal.
1852Meanderings of Mem. I. 131 With a giddy foot and goal-ward rush. 1922Mansfield (Ohio) News 19 Nov. 13/5 Wooster started another goalward march and the visitors' line could not withstand the attack. 1959G. Levinger in D. Cartwright Stud. in Social Power vi. 84 Those properties of the individual which are perceived by other members of the group as relevant to their goalward locomotion. 2004Daily Rec. (Glasgow) 3 May (Sport section) 2 A..goalward touch set up Riordan's winner.
B. adv. = goalwards adv.
1900N.Y. Times 3 July 8/2 G. Eustis made a rapid flight goalward with the ball. a1910J. L. Cuthbertson Carlton v. Geelong in Barwon Ballads & School Verses (1912) 303 A song with a rattle that tells of the battle, That tells of the knocks and the shocks of the fray—Of kicks that slow-soaring go goalward, and scoring May settle the fortune and fate of the day. 1940Jrnl. Educ. Soc. 14 116 Where the proposed route to the goal can be sensed by the animal or person as relevant to goal attainment..energies are released and focused goalward relatively successfully. 1972Times 13 Mar. 6/2 His centre was flicked goalward from the top of the circle by Evans as the goalkeeper rushed out. 2003Australian (Nexis) 11 Sept. 16 In the ruck last Sunday, he was superb, leaping over his rivals and thumping the ball goalward. |