| 单词 | against the sun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasagainst the sun e. Originally Nautical. against the sun: against the direction of the sun's apparent movement across the sky; (in the northern hemisphere) from right to left, anticlockwise. Cf. Phrases 1c(a), widdershins adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > anticlockwise widdershins1545 against the sun1584 witherwards1624 witherwise1643 anticlockwise1884 counterclockwise1885 1584 R. Norman in tr. C. Antoniszoon Safegard of Sailers f. 66 Thus it is said with the Sunne, & here goeth against the Sunne. North, north and by west, north northwest, and so forth contrarie wise. 1633 tr. Math. Recreations lxxxxvi. 232 That which goes East by going against the Sunne, shall have the day shorter. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 288 A cable coiled against the sun will..have less grinds or kinks in it than a cable coiled with the sun. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. iv. 74 When the wind shifts against the sun, Trust it not, for back it will run. 1962 G. Murchie Music of Spheres iii. 59 Mars' west-rising moon, Phobos, might seem to nonmathematical Martians a withershins moon, moving ‘against the sun’ in accord with the definition of that Scottish adjective. 1998 J. McGowan Inishmurray 29 Following this routine the Big Station was performed in reverse, against the sun or anticlockwise instead of clockwise or with the sun. < as lemmas |
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