单词 | head, end, stern, etc foremost |
释义 | > as lemmashead, end, stern, etc. foremost d. In adverbial phrases head, end, stern, etc. foremost, i.e. with the head, etc. first or in front. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > at or in (the) front [phrase] > with specific part in front head, end, stern, etc. foremost1697 feet first1780 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 49 It flys down head foremost. 1842 C. Whitehead Richard Savage (1845) iii. ix. 420 Wigs..wrong-side foremost. 1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) Introd. 46 This is a science which naturally comes to us end foremost. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. i. 1 The boat..drove stern foremost before it [the tide]. < as lemmas |
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