词汇 | earthward |
释义 | earthward adverb uk /ˈɜːθ.wəd/ us /ˈɝːθ.wɚd/(also mainly UKearthwards, uk /ˈɜːθ.wədz/ us /ˈɝːθ.wɚdz/) towards the earth, from the air or from space: 向地球(地);向地面(地) The plane began to spiral earthward.飞机开始盘旋着坠向地面。 Describing movement towards -ways at convergent facing for forward forwards hither homeward on oncoming onward onwards round thither to towards up ward wise earthward adjective uk /ˈɜːθ.wəd/ us /ˈɝːθ.wɚd/(also mainly UKearthwards, uk /ˈɜːθ.wədz/ us /ˈɝːθ.wɚdz/) in a direction towards the earth, from the air or from space: an earthward descent a fluttering circular display flight, followed by an earthward plummet And down it comes - the force of much of the work here is precisely in this hard earthwards motion. Exhaustedly, she made the earthwards descent, gliding on the wind like a powerful eagle. Describing movement towards -ways at convergent facing for forward forwards hither homeward on oncoming onward onwards round thither to towards up ward wise Examples of earthwardearthward Floating above it all was a blimp with floodlights streaming earthward. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Flaming to a brilliance of suns as it hurtled earthward, the meteor finally struck, burning itself deep within the earth. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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