释义 |
bow-wise, adv.|ˈbəʊwaɪz| [f. bow n.1 + -wise.] In the form or figure of a bow.
1398Trevisa Barth. de P.R. viii. xvii. (1495) 320 Now she [the mone] shewyth herself shape a bowe wyse and now as a cercle. 1583Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 87 The hauen from the eastcoast, in bowewise, crooked apereth. 1842Mrs. Browning Grk. Chr. Poets (1863) 61 Streaked bow-wise, with a livid white and red. |