| 单词 | way round |
| 释义 | > as lemmas—— way round —— way round adv. with the specified quality or accuracy of orientation; so as to face the direction specified. Cf. the right way at right adj. and int. Phrases 1c, (the) wrong way at wrong adj. 9b. ΚΠ 1857 Jrnl. Archit., Archæol., Hist. Soc. Chester 1 170 The letters read the wrong way round, and are turned with the foot outwards. 1887 T. Dykes All Round Sport 231 If ever you have anything in a race, see that your jockey knows the course, or he may win like me, the wrong way round. 1909 Wilson's Photogr. Mag. May 197/1 Carbon printing has the initial drawback that two transfers are necessary if we want a print ‘the right way round’. 1981 Times 18 Sept. 21/4 So it is true what they say about Picasso—that even his best friends cannot tell which way round the pictures go. 2005 J. Gill On Other Hand i. 7 Why don't we put those batteries in the other way round? < as lemmas |
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