喜樂美語
  1. 1向南的、向南方

    Southward means towards the south. It works as a describing word and as an adverb: 'a southward journey', 'they travelled southward'. British writers often add an s — 'southwards' — when using it as an adverb; both are correct.

core核心畫面

組成south + -ward (in the direction of).

同家族的字

  • forwardthe same -ward 'in the direction of' ending
  • northwardthe same pattern with north

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Southwardname

  • 1

    A surname.

southwardnoun/ˈsaʊθwəd/

  • 1

    The direction or area lying to the south of a place.

    • 100 leagues to the southward

southwardadj/ˈsaʊθwəd/

  • 1

    Situated or directed towards the south; moving or facing towards the south.

southwardadv/ˈsaʊθwəd/

  • 1

    Towards the south; in a southerly direction.

    • As the remnants retreated northward to Pengyang (平壤 Pʻing-jang), war was declared and a Chinese contingent from Manchuria went southward to that place.
    • In Pisa, where [Galileo] was born, I climbed the worn steps of the tower that has been leaning southward almost from the day it was built in the 13th century.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。