Outward
['aʊtwəd] or ['aʊtwɚd]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; 'a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections' .
(adv.) toward the outside; 'move the needle further outward!'.
奥布里校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(adv.) Alt. of Outwards
(a.) Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public.
(a.) Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
(a.) Tending to the exterior or outside.
(n.) External form; exterior.
錄入:特德
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. External, exterior, outer, outside.[2]. Extrinsic, extraneous, adventitious.
手打:奈杰尔
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:External, apparent, visible, sensible, superficial, ostensible, forthcoming,extrinsic, extraneous
ANT:Internal, intrinsic, withdrawn, inapparent, inward
布赖斯手打
解釋/意思:
n. a ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.
adj. toward the outside: external: exterior: not inherent adventitious: (theol.) worldly carnal—opp. to Inward or spiritual: (B.) public.—adv. toward the exterior: away from port: to a foreign port: superficially—also Out′wards.—n. Out′ward (Shak.) external form: the outside.—adj. Out′ward-bound bound outwards or to a foreign port.—adv. Out′wardly in an outward manner: externally: in appearance.—n. Out′wardness.—adj. Out′ward-saint′ed appearing outwardly to be a saint.
整理:苏西
例句/造句/用法:
- These were but the outward and visible symbols of his westering tendencies. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I can understand content in such a case--though how the outward situation can attract him puzzles me. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- These mirrors are hinged at O O, and when swung outward rest by their external edges against the bar P, and then occupy the position shown by the dotted lines G′ G′. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The outward appearance of these two men formed scarce a stronger contrast than their look and demeanour. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The aneroid barometer is an air-tight box whose top is made of a thin metallic disk which bends inward or outward according to the pressure of the atmosphere. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- From the bottom of the cylinder a tube runs down into the well or reservoir, and water from the well has access to the cylinder through another outward-moving valve. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- We've been too busy to attend to mere outward appearances. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I don't deny your outward goodliness;—it is a pity your mind is not in keeping. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Here, as in other pumps of its type, the valves open inward rather than outward. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- He turned and looked about him, sternly compelling himself to regain his consciousness of outward things. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- What is termed development is the gradual making explicit and outward of what is thus wrapped up. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- For this purpose a machine is made carried upon two wheels; the square surface has boards erected at the side, which, sloping outward, make a wider space above. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- We got through the dinner, to all outward appearance at least, happily enough. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- You may sculpture to the inch every portion of the human body, but that is only the outward semblance of the picture or the statue. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- She listened with much inward suffering, but with great outward patience, to Harriet's detail. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- It was of no use a little man like Nathaniel Pipkin pulling the door inwards, when a great strong fellow like old Lobbs was pulling it outwards. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Grandfer Cantle, you turn the tick the right way outwards, and then I'll begin to shake in the feathers. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Mr. Lorry opened his hands, and extended them outwards with an argumentative smile. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Now the door opened outwards; and as the door opened wider and wider, Mr. Pickwick receded behind it, more and more. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Arguing in this way, from within-outwards, what do we reach? 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
手打:玛莎