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单词 counterclockwise
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Definition of counterclockwise in English:

counterclockwise

adjective & adverbkaʊntəˈklɒkwʌɪzˌkaʊn(t)ərˈklɑkˌwaɪz
North American
  • In the opposite direction to the way in which the hands of a clock move round; anticlockwise.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bring your feet back to the center, then rotate them counterclockwise.
    • At noon, each guard starts at his own station and begins to walk either clockwise or counterclockwise (to be determined randomly).
    • It revolved clockwise in some unseen orbit, then counterclockwise, immediately before a loud cracking, like summer thunder, filled the air.
    • You do so by backing the barrel adjuster out (rotate it counterclockwise when viewed from the end the housing protrudes from).
    • As the thumb clears the ball, the weight of the ball is shifted to the fingers, and the fingers are thrust outward with a quarter-turn counterclockwise into the lane.
    • The big fear of course here, as you talked with Max Mayfield, that we are on the strong side of the storm as it moves counterclockwise.
    • He made a grab for the driver's steering wheel and, with all his might, spun it the whole way counterclockwise.
    • Similar results were obtained for the construction in the counterclockwise orientation.
    • After a 2-to 3-minute recovery break, the same diagonal run is now performed but counterclockwise.
    • So I flipped off the wind-shield, and cranked the little valve-control lever around counterclockwise, and then lit the lighter.
    • We went counterclockwise around the island, along the EU-funded autostrada, to the southwest, through traditional mafia country.
    • Don't forget the hurricane moves in a counterclockwise position.
    • Pilgrims are required to circle the Kaaba seven times, counterclockwise, praying as they go.
    • They believe it's very hard for one of those counterclockwise storms to turn its way right into this area.
    • They are then sent to the sea, where the earth's rotation causes the wind to swirl into a low-pressure area in a counterclockwise direction.
    • The tapping pattern consisted of touching with the index finger in a counterclockwise direction each of the plates (which were arranged in a square) in turn.
    • I travelled around the world clockwise, and Rick went counterclockwise, and our paths crossed as often as we could make them.
    • When I have my bicycle in a repair stand and turn the cranks counterclockwise the wheel starts going backwards too.
    • The florets form various clockwise and counterclockwise spiral patterns, intertwined and crisscrossing but otherwise unmistakable to the eye.
    • They all fire from the left side, the aircraft firing in a in counterclockwise direction the whole time.

Rhymes

clockwise
 
 

Definition of counterclockwise in US English:

counterclockwise

adjective & adverbˌkoun(t)ərˈkläkˌwīzˌkaʊn(t)ərˈklɑkˌwaɪz
North American
  • In the opposite direction to the way in which the hands of a clock move around.

    British term anticlockwise
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bring your feet back to the center, then rotate them counterclockwise.
    • Similar results were obtained for the construction in the counterclockwise orientation.
    • We went counterclockwise around the island, along the EU-funded autostrada, to the southwest, through traditional mafia country.
    • I travelled around the world clockwise, and Rick went counterclockwise, and our paths crossed as often as we could make them.
    • It revolved clockwise in some unseen orbit, then counterclockwise, immediately before a loud cracking, like summer thunder, filled the air.
    • The florets form various clockwise and counterclockwise spiral patterns, intertwined and crisscrossing but otherwise unmistakable to the eye.
    • The tapping pattern consisted of touching with the index finger in a counterclockwise direction each of the plates (which were arranged in a square) in turn.
    • You do so by backing the barrel adjuster out (rotate it counterclockwise when viewed from the end the housing protrudes from).
    • At noon, each guard starts at his own station and begins to walk either clockwise or counterclockwise (to be determined randomly).
    • When I have my bicycle in a repair stand and turn the cranks counterclockwise the wheel starts going backwards too.
    • The big fear of course here, as you talked with Max Mayfield, that we are on the strong side of the storm as it moves counterclockwise.
    • They believe it's very hard for one of those counterclockwise storms to turn its way right into this area.
    • So I flipped off the wind-shield, and cranked the little valve-control lever around counterclockwise, and then lit the lighter.
    • As the thumb clears the ball, the weight of the ball is shifted to the fingers, and the fingers are thrust outward with a quarter-turn counterclockwise into the lane.
    • After a 2-to 3-minute recovery break, the same diagonal run is now performed but counterclockwise.
    • They are then sent to the sea, where the earth's rotation causes the wind to swirl into a low-pressure area in a counterclockwise direction.
    • Don't forget the hurricane moves in a counterclockwise position.
    • They all fire from the left side, the aircraft firing in a in counterclockwise direction the whole time.
    • Pilgrims are required to circle the Kaaba seven times, counterclockwise, praying as they go.
    • He made a grab for the driver's steering wheel and, with all his might, spun it the whole way counterclockwise.
 
 
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