| 单词 | west-walling |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswest-walling a. Modifying participles, with the sense ‘to the west; in the west’, as in west-flowing, †west-walling, etc. (adjectives). ΚΠ 1595 G. Markham Most Honorable Trag. Sir R. Grinuile xxxiv The great west-walling boisterous sea. 1733 Ladies Diary 19 Suppose the generating Hyperbola to become the Plain of a West-declining Dial, in the Latitude of 50° Νorth. 1849 Literary Garland Nov. 499/1 A town called Mullingar, situated on the banks of the west flowing stream. 1872 Proc. Royal Soc. 1871–2 20 98 The in-running current from the Atlantic is insufficient to counteract the effect of the west-running flood-tide. 1901 L. P. Powell in Hist. Towns of Western States p. xxiv South- and west-flowing waters were not far from the banks of the eastering waterways. 1958 Times 18 Mar. 11/3 The argument..between the west-looking policy pursued by President Chamoun and M. Solh and the Nasserite policy espoused by some of the Opposition. 1999 Descent Oct. 10/1 The west-trending passage near the top of this great shaft ended at a choke. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。