sunward

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Directed or turned toward the sun.
    — On some days of autumn you may see the grass full of stringy lines of cobwebs that make a glistening path sunward.
副词 adv.
  1. In the direction of the sun.
    — To carry warfare sunward is, indeed, their only escape from the destruction that, generation after generation, creeps upon them.

词形变化

more sunward comparative most sunward superlative more sunward comparative most sunward superlative

词汇关系

反义词
antisunward

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥der.
Proto-Germanic *sunnô
Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ
Proto-West Germanic *sunnā
Old English sunne
Middle English sonne
English sun
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
English sunward
From sun + -ward.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥der.
Proto-Germanic *sunnô
Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ
Proto-West Germanic *sunnā
Old English sunne
Middle English sonne
English sun
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
English sunward
From sun + -ward.
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