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单词 lengthwise
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lengthwiseadv.adj.

Brit. /ˈlɛŋ(k)θwʌɪz/, /ˈlɛnθwʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈlɛŋθˌwaɪz/
Etymology: See -wise comb. form.
A. adv.
= lengthways adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in longitudinal direction
alongc1300
endlongc1300
afterlong?a1425
endlonges1473
alength?1523
longways1525
longwise1548
alongst1562
longstways1566
longstwise1566
lengthwisec1580
longst1581
lengthways1599
longitudinally1695
plankwise1815
axially1855
c1580 tr. Bugbears iii. iii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 99 90 Slend thys square sticke length-wyse in-to two.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 362 Beginning about two degrees north of the line, and so downward, lengthwise, for about a thousand miles.
1842 Act 5 & 6 Victoria c. 79 §13 Allowing for every passenger..a space..of sixteen inches, measuring in a straight line lengthwise on the front of each seat.
1894 H. Caine Manxman iv. viii. 228 The child slept, and Grannie put it on the pillow turned lengthwise at Kate's side.
B. adj.
Following the direction of the length; longitudinal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > extending lengthways
side?a1400
endlong1480
lengthway1691
longitudinal1705
longitudinated1774
protensive1836
lengthwise1871
1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 112 Lengthwise splits mean going on well.
1878 W. K. Clifford Elem. Dynamic 132 The component velocity of any point on the [moving] line may be called the lengthwise velocity of the line.
1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole 133 That wretched driver..was reposing in a sort of doubled-up, lengthwise position.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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