单词 | sidewards |
释义 | sidewardsadv.adj. A. adv. 1. Towards the side; in a lateral direction. Cf. sideward adv., sideways adv. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [adverb] sidelonga1398 sidelings?a1400 sidelingc1425 laterallyc1454 collaterally?a1475 sidewarda1513 sidewise1531 byward1556 sideways1572 sidewards1575 sidelingwise1577 crabby1582 crab-like1605 sideway1847 crabwise1904 the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in sideways direction > to one side asidesc1384 sidewards1575 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie 154 His footing behynde should be troden sidewardes, and more outwardes than his forefeete, to shewe the thicknesse betweene his thyghes. 1603 E. Jorden Briefe Disc. Dis. called Suffocation of Mother ii. sig. Cv In regard of the rising of the Mother wherby it is sometimes drawn vpwards or sidewards aboue his natural seate, [etc.]. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 200 It has..two other [eyes] about the middle of the top of its back or head, which look backwards and side-wards. 1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 114 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. He doth not look downwards, but streight before, and sidewards. 1807 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 23 13 The rash fling sidewards. 1886 Jrnl. Mental Sci. Apr. 126 The removal of one frontal lobe rendered the animal unable to bend the back sidewards. 1912 J. Stephens Crock of Gold vi. 57 He was not looking at her but far away sidewards across the spreading hill. 1966 Times 18 Mar. 12/2 The linked-up Agena satellite was ‘tumbling violently’ sidewards and they could not stop it. 2014 Independent (Nexis) 19 Nov. 34 And then I lose control and swing sidewards like a pendulum, crashing against the cliff. 2. On or at one side of a place, person, or thing. Formerly also with from and without construction. Cf. sideways adv. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adverb] > on or at one side sideOE sidenhand?a1400 sidelings?a1425 sidenhands1440 sideling1543 sideway1561 side hand1577 atoneside1600 aside1610 sideways1673 sidewards1722 1722 tr. C. Le Brun in tr. F. C. Weber Present State Russia II. 410 Docks for building of Ships are now Sidewards of the Citadel. 1758 tr. Med., Chirurg. & Anat. Cases Royal-Acad. Sci. Stockholm xvii. 187 The Navel..was on the left Side, above a hand Breadth sidewards and lower than its usual place. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. L. Tieck in German Romance II. 139 Sidewards from the farm-house lay some offices for the storing of produce and implements. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xiv. 186 And sidewards she, with young unwakened senses,..Her simple, homely life commences. 1906 C. S. Goldman tr. F. von Bernhardi Cavalry in Future Wars i. v. 81 They must always endeavour..to range themselves forwards and sidewards of their own Army. 2011 K. Petersen et al. in J. Ruiz-del-Solar et al. RoboCup 2010 386 The camera field of view is limited and can only view the area in front or sidewards of the robot by moving its head. B. adj. Directed or moving towards or from the side; facing or turned to one side, oblique. Cf. sideward adj. 1, sideways adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [adjective] sidelingc1155 sidelong1608 sideward?1617 sideway1650 sideways1684 sidelings1768 sidling1821 sidewards1827 sidewinding1867 sidestepping1902 crabwise1904 1827 A. Lyall Rambles Madeira & Portugal i. xiii. 118 Invariable disappointment at length hardly leaves us curiosity enough for a sidewards glance. 1832 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 384/1 Farther you perceive sidewards walls abutting on it. 1877 Iron 14 July 42/1 Upon this table a swan-neck needle is working, which, by a sidewards movement, embraces a sheaf. 1902 Bot. Gaz. 33 402 Their direction is downwards or sidewards. 1965 Financial Times 30 July 1/7 (advt.) Your tyres have a pretty vivid sidewards strain to cope with. 2004 D. Gookin Power Excel & Word iv. 66 How can I do a sidewards title? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1575 |
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