| 单词 | which way | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhich way  (a) In prepositional phrases and noun phrases used adverbially, as  this way,  that way,  which way,  the other way,  all ways, etc.See also the right way at right adj. and int. Phrases 1c, the wrong way at wrong adj. 9a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > 			[noun]		 sideOE wayOE coast1377 partc1380 airta1400 quarter1604 carriage1663 direction1665 range1678 OE    Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. 		(Royal)	 		(1997)	 xxvi. 397  				Me [sc. St Peter] he clypað nu to his rice, awendað for þi mine fotwelmas to þam heofonlican wege. c1392    Equatorie of Planetis 34 (MED)  				Ne lettere E ne seruyth nat but for to shewe the which wey þt thow shalt procede fro lettere D. a1400						 (a1325)						    Cursor Mundi 		(Vesp.)	 l. 22573  				Þe fixses þat þar-in er stade,..Til erth wai [Gött. Till erdward] þan sal þai fle. a1450						 (c1410)						    H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail liii. l. 302  				The kyng Abowtes sente be Every way bothe Aftyr Masowns And Carpentere, An hows Of Religiown to Fownden there. ?1520    J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Ci  				As for almayne lyeth this way Here lyeth denmarke and norway And northwarde on this syde There lyeth Iselonde. a1616    W. Shakespeare Macbeth 		(1623)	  iv. i. 62  				By the pricking of my Thumbes, Something wicked this way  comes.       View more context for this quotation a1616    W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 		(1623)	  iii. vii. 52  				Oh turne thy edged Sword another way. 1689    R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 31  				As take a straw and throw it up into the Air, you shall see by that which way the Wind is. 1697    J. Dryden tr.  Virgil Æneis  xi, in  tr.  Virgil Wks. 571  				This way, and that his winding Course he bends. 1744    M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 190  				Our advantageous Ground was the Destruction of a great many Thousands of the French, for we had them all Ways, Front, and Rear, and Flank. 1762    L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. x. 54  				A pull of a trigger—a push of a bayonet an inch this way or that—makes the difference. 1821    W. Scott Kenilworth II. xi. 277  				Janet..ventured to ask her lady, which way she proposed to direct her flight. 1846    G. P. R. James Step-mother II. xxxviii. 106  				The instant he entered—though the servant said, ‘this way, sir.’ 1875    Belgravia July 133  				He passed round, the way of the wine, a subscription-list, and the conversation flowed fast and furious. 1908    C. Igglesden Saunter through Kent VIII. 22  				On the Canterbury road, which runs in a southerly way out of the village, stands an old Georgian residence. 1928    J. M. Barrie Peter Pan  i, in  Plays 32  				Wendy: Where do you live now? Peter: With the lost boys... They are the children who fall out of their prams when the nurse is looking the other way. 1938    D. Baker Young Man with Horn  ii. i. 103  				There it was, faced this way and faced that way. 1994    Daily Mail 29 Sept. 9/1  				He helped me..out of a terrible mess when I hadn't got a clue which way to turn. 2014    J. Al-Khalili  & J. McFadden Life on Edge iv. 126  				It resembles the path taken by an intoxicated drinker exiting a bar, wandering this way and that until he eventually finds his way home. < as lemmas | 
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