1. 1向內的;內心的

    Facing or moving toward the inside, or toward the middle. 'Inward' can describe a direction (an inward curve, walking inward) or feelings and thoughts that stay inside a person and are not shown to others — an inward smile, inward doubts. In older or more formal English, 'inward' can also work like 'inwards,' as an adverb of direction.

From the word’s history

From Middle English inward, from Old English inweard; in + -ward.

源自古英文 inweard,就是 in 加上 -ward。

Wiktionary

組成in + -ward (a suffix meaning 'in the direction of', also seen in forward, backward, homeward).

同家族的字

  • forwardshares the same -ward suffix, meaning 'toward the front'
  • backwardshares the same -ward suffix, meaning 'toward the back'

原始詞典資料19 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

inwardadj/ˈɪnwəd/

  • 1

    Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.

  • 2

    Not superficially obvious, inner, not expressed, especially relating to mental or spiritual faculties as opposed to external ones.

    • Noble and milde this Perſean ſeemes to be, If outward habit Iudge the inward man.
  • 3

    Moving or tending toward the inside.

  • 4

    archaicNot directed toward the outside world, and thus quiet or indistinct.

  • 5

    obsoleteInternal to a particular place or country; not foreign, domestic.

  • 6

    obsoleteSecret, private, kept hidden.

  • 7

    obsoleteComing from one’s inmost or sincerest feelings; heartfelt, earnest.

  • 8

    obsoleteIntimate, closely acquainted; familiar, close.

    • There is nothing can be added unto the daintinesse of Fulvius wives death, who was so inward with Augustus.
    • All my inward friends abhorred me.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    obsoleteDevoted to spiritual matters, pious, devout.

  • 10

    obsoleteTame.

  • 11

    obsoleteInternal; applied through the stomach by being swallowed.

inwardadv/ˈɪnwəd/

  • 1

    Towards the inside.

  • 2

    Towards one’s mind, thoughts, or internal self.

    • So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, / Shine inward.
    • You also may experience feelings of guilt, which is anger turned inward on yourself.
  • 3

    obsoleteOn the inside, within, inside.

  • 4

    obsoleteIn one’s mind, thoughts, or internal self.

  • 5

    nauticaltransportTowards home.

inwardnoun/ˈɪnwəd/

  • 1

    obsoleteThat which is inward or within; the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.

    • [T]his man is a servant of the eyes of men, and offers parchment or a white skin in sacrifice, but the flesh and the inwards he leaves to be consumed by a stranger fire.
    • Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat.
  • 2

    obsoleteThe mental faculties or other characteristics not immediately apparent.

  • 3

    obsoleteA familiar friend or acquaintance.

    • I was an inward of his.

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