Downward

例句/造句/用法:

• The concussion nearly capsized her, and with a sickening plunge she hurtled downward through the dark night. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• I was on my downward way then, but the dreary, dreary road I have traversed since! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
• With one mighty downward surge I swept him clear of the deck. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
• His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
• If his progress downward had been attended with difficulties and uncertainty, his journey back was infinitely more perplexing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• After writing the original place it face downward on the pad, and rub it gently with the hand to insure contact at every point. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
• It conforms to the downward curve of the latter, but the rail work begins at the top of the incline and extends back to the newel post at the bowler’s end of the alley. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
• When the piston moves downward as in (3), the valve in the pipe closes by its own weight, and the air in the cylinder escapes through the valve in the plunger. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
• She raised her clenched hand high, and brought it down, with a great downward stroke on to the face and on to the breast of Gerald. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• He was busily chopping away at the furze, a long row of faggots which stretched downward from his position representing the labour of the day. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
• The water which thus passes into the humus and the soil beneath does not remain there, but slowly seeps downward, and finally after weeks and months emerges at a lower level as a stream. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
• On the leveling strips at the extreme side of where the bed is to lie, a 3 x 1-inch maple strip is laid, widest side downward, with its finished one-inch edge nearest to the gutter. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
• He could not bear to meet the uncanny, downward look of Gerald's blue eyes. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• Ursula resented Hermione's long, grave, downward-looking face. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• Mr Milvey thought this a man with a very odd manner, and a dark downward look; but he answered in his usual open way. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• Replacing his javelin, he resumed his seat, bent his looks downward, and appeared to be absorbed in melancholy reflection. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Then a passage was opened between the boiler and the upper end of the piston, which was consequently pushed downward, and then the steam was again allowed to escape. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
• The splint machines were for slitting a block of wood of the proper height downward nearly the whole way into match splints, leaving their butts in the solid wood. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
• Never to return,' muttered D'Arnot, and threw himself face downward upon the cot. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• On the return the airship met with strong downward currents of air that bore it groundward until it was hidden by the tops of trees. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
• Let me get on my considering cap, sir,' replied that gentleman, turning the open book face downward. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• There was a crashing crack and a downward stab of yellow in the dark. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
• The sandy ground, shelving downward from where we sat, was lost mysteriously in the outward layers of the fog. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• To give the ship an upward or a downward movement the plane on which the ship rests was provided with a weight adapted to slip back and forth on a cable underneath the balloon shell. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
• For answer, she let the tears on her lids overflow and run slowly downward. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
• Also, she says there is no pain and you must simply press firmly below the ear and draw it downward. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
• Both these types of escalators can be made to move up or down by aid of a swinging switch, or two of them can be placed side by side, one moving upward and the other downward. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
• The water forced into the air chamber by the downward-moving piston compresses the air and increases its pressure. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
• As a result _M_ moves downward, and thereby induces rotation in the large wheel _L_. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
• Presently our downward motion ceased, and I could hear the propellers swirling through the water at our stern and forcing us ahead at high speed. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.

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