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southwards

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Geography
south·wards /ˈsaʊθwədz $ -wərdz/ (also southward /-wəd $ -wərd/) adverb  towards the south 向南方 We followed the coast southwards. 我们沿海岸向南走。southward adjective the southward route to Charlestown 去查尔斯敦的南行路线
Examples from the Corpus
southwardsAmazed, I climbed the nearest rise and looked southwards.A guest of the Errols at Slains, Stoker later retired to Whinnyfold, southwards a little along the coast.Decoy the enemy past there and on southwards for Kalemouth, another long mile.Moving southwards for the attack on London we can see that they understood the greatness of their mission.The village itself stretches for about a mile southwards from the Driffield-Bridlington road.By nightfall the whole city was burning and the few survivors were fleeing southwards towards Altdorf.Duregar's army moved steadily southwards until it reached the eastern entrance to Death Pass.
south·wards adverbChineseSyllable
towards the south Corpus


southwards
southwards /ˈsaʊθwədz $ -wərdz/ (also south‧ward /-wəd $ -wərd/) adverb
towards the south:
    We followed the coast southwards.
—southward adjective:
    the southward route to Charlestown


south·wardsBrE /ˈsaʊθwədz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsaʊθwərdz/ 🔊 (also south·ward) adverbtowards the south 向南;朝南to turn southwards转向南 south·ward BrE /ˈsaʊθwəd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsaʊθwərd/ 🔊 adjectivein a southward direction向南