-wards

短语

——见 -ward

发音

UK /wədz/
US /wɚdz/
UK /wɔːdz/
US /wɔɹdz/

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Forming adjectives and adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backwards", "towards", etc.

词源

From Middle English -wardes, from Old English -weardes, a variant of -weard; equivalent to -ward + -s (adverbial suffix). Cognate with German -wärts, Dutch -waarts.

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