southwards

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a southerly direction; towards the south. not-comparable
    — On the journey southwards over the flat, fertile plains, paddy fields stretched away on each side of the line, and the landscape was broken only by wooden villages and stately pagodas.

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *sunþ
Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥
Proto-Indo-European *sh₂w-én-s
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros
Proto-Germanic *sunþraz
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Proto-Germanic *sunþraz
Proto-Germanic *sunþrą
Proto-West Germanic *sunþr
Old English sūþ
Middle English south
English south
English -wards
English southwards
From south + -wards.
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