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widdershins
adverb
Scottish Englishuk /ˈwɪd.ə.ʃɪnz/ us /ˈwɪd.ɚ.ʃɪnz/
in the opposite direction to the movement of the hands of a clock: 逆时针方向的
The circle began to spin widdershins.圆圈开始逆时针旋转起来。
Synonym
anticlockwise
Members of the coven hold hands and dance widdershins around the fire.
The steps spiralled around widdershins to the place where I sat.
Completing the circle widdershins, retire to the centre.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Backwards, sideways and back and forth
anticlockwise
back and forthidiom
back to frontphrase
backward
backwardly
hither and thitheridiom
laterad
lateral
laterally
libration
reverse
round
saw
stand
step
step aside
swept-back
take someone aside
there and backidiom
wrong
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