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单词 outwards
释义
outwardsout‧wards /ˈaʊtwədz $ -wərdz/ ●○○ (also outward American English) adverb Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • As the plane exploded, the metal of the fuselage was blown outwards.
  • London is expanding outwards at an alarming rate, swallowing up large areas of beautiful countryside.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And when you look about, there is the city, grey on grey, flowing outwards in every direction.
  • As it travels outwards, the fluid tends to curve round in the flow direction.
  • Glass and white liquid splashed outwards.
  • He slid off his stool, hands open, palms outwards.
  • Make a slanting cut just above a bud facing outwards and in the direction you want the rose to grow.
  • Nell pressed her arms and legs outwards, slithering down in short movements.
  • Radiating outwards are the paths to the pastures and the frontiers of the Masai world.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatormoving or looking away from the inside of something
moving or looking away from the inside of a place, building, container etc: · Janice opened the door and looked out.· Two firemen carried his body out and laid it on the ground.· When I dropped my bag, some of my money must have fallen out.out came/jumped/fell etc: · I heard meowing, opened the trunk of the car, and out jumped a thin black cat.
moving or looking away from the inside of a place, building, container etc: · She's coming out of the office now.· Don't lean so far out of the window. It's dangerous.· Thousands of refugees are now streaming out of the city.
out of a building or room: · Why don't you go outside and get some fresh air?· I walked outside to the car.· The police asked each person in turn to step outside the room for questioning.
also out of: out the door/window moving or looking out of the door or window: · She ran out the door and down the street.· If you look out of the bedroom window, you can see the ocean.· Hey, look out the window! See the hot-air balloon?
British /outward American away from the inside or centre, towards the outside: · The windows open outward.· As the plane exploded, the metal of the fuselage was blown outwards.· London is expanding outwards at an alarming rate, swallowing up large areas of beautiful countryside.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 Stand with your elbows pointing outwards.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· Make a slanting cut just above a bud facing outwards and in the direction you want the rose to grow.· Barbell press Stand upright, holding the bar at shoulder height in front of your chest with your palms facing outwards.· Hold the bar with an alternate grip, that is one palm facing outwards and one facing inwards.
· The town could not grow outwards.· As large cities, like Bristol, have grown outwards they have surrounded some old villages.· The medium-length horns grow outwards and forwards.· How far has the city grown outwards since 1900?
· Also looking outwards, others such as Shahn, Lawrence, Fougeron and Eardley pointed to social or political injustice.· In probing the sources of undeserved distress they generally look outwards to the people across the valley, or over the hill.· When you look outwards, you must also look upwards to see people.· He followed the King into his chamber, and Thorfinn in silence walked to the window and stood there, looking outwards.· Moreover, many poorer countries have increased restrictions, though some have felt forced by external shocks to begin to look outwards.· The concern is with taking a wider perspective, looking outwards rather than inwards.
· But then one moves outwards from the internal mysteries of sporting symbolism.· The ring will then move outwards, away from the spine.· In fact, the reason you move outwards is that there is insufficient force pulling you inwards.
· Closely packed terraces of Victorian houses were spread outwards as the population grew.· And then the slow ink spreading outwards and the wheels turning and a voice, it was Vasco's, warning him.· A cloud of long fair hair spread outwards in the water.· In this case I think it is more likely that limestone deposition started in several or many different centres and spread outwards.
towards the outside or away from the centre of something OPP  inwards:  The door opens outwards.facing/looking/spreading etc outwards Stand with your elbows pointing outwards.
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