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单词 south-away
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south-awayadv.n.

Brit. /ˈsaʊθəˌweɪ/, U.S. /ˈsaʊθəˌweɪ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: south adv., away adv.
Etymology: < south adv. + away adv. Compare earlier west-away adv., north-away adv.Earlier in attributive use as a place name:1756 W. Hamlyn Last Will 21 May in C. Worthy Devonshire Wills (1896) 286 To son Water Hamlyn he leaves the ‘Southaway’ property.
Now rare.
A. adv.
Towards the south.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adverb]
southeOE
southrighteOE
southwardeOE
southwardseOE
southenOE
downwarda1387
south'ard1485
south side1489
southlya1552
downwards1577
southerly1577
southwardly1579
southernly1594
south-by1762
a-south1807
south-away1816
downbound1880
southbound1891
1816 J. Hogg Poetic Mirror 127 He saw by every glen and brae, The flyers posting south away.
1872 S. Ferguson Congal iii. 55 Through startled Dalara The giant went, with stamp and clash, departing south away.
1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros ix. 117 For five days they rowed southaway on a windless sea.
1937 J. R. R. Tolkien Hobbit ix. 189 Over rapid, over sand, South away! and South away! Seek the sunlight and the day.
B. n.
An area situated towards the south. Chiefly in from southaway.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [noun] > part or place
southdealeOE
south halfeOE
southlandOE
south endlOE
southdalec1175
south sidec1325
southa1382
Auster1535
sun half1565
sunny quarter1574
south-away1893
1893 W. Morris & E. Magnússon tr. S. Sturluson Stories Kings of Norway I. 134 To Tunsberg came many ships, both from the Wick and thereabouts, and from the North-country; from south-away also from Denmark and Saxland.
1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring 16 The folk of the Marish..came..up from south-away.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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