landwards

1 They allow themselves to be herded and driven off landwards from the hauling-ground for half a mile to the killing-ground, and, finally, with most cheerful indifference, permit the Aleuts to club their brains out.

2 This band is walled to landwards by a wall of dark forest, mounted against the sky to seaward by a wall of white surf; beyond that there is the horizon-bounded ocean.

3 With choking breath and blinded eyes he felt himself carried on the crest of a wave, which bore him landwards, but only to be drawn back again by its receding swell.

4 He raised one of his brown, hairy hands, and jerked a thumb landwards.

5 “The old place looks just the same as it did five years ago,” said Tom to himself as he leaned over the bulwarks, gazing landwards.

6 The day was not very bright, and mist spoiled the view landwards.

7 Then Mrs. Cosgrove took leave of them, and walked landwards with her companions.

8 Some black objects bobbing up and down in the distance were pointed out to me as porpoises, and a good many sea-gulls went by, flying landwards.

9 Between her and the land would be about 100 fathoms, or 200 yards of water; but that water was one furious mass of advancing billows hurled landwards by this great tempest.

10 The Irish Sea, whipped by a bitter wind, crashes onto the shore, hurling spray landwards and soaking the ledge.

11 The oars dipped and the boat crept slowly landwards.

12 It was far above high-water mark, and conveniently placed for refuge, being accessible landwards only by the rocky channel, and wholly hidden from observation at sea.

13 Landing at the Bolivian side of Puerto Perez, the immense plateau which covers all the centre of Bolivia stretches out on all sides landwards, until it meets the inner and higher range of the Cordilleras.

14 What then were these masses which floated landwards, rising and falling with the undulations of the waves?

15 Ye speak me true, my leetle son,   So—so, it came to me, A-drifting landwards on a spar,   And grey dawn on the sea.

16 Down below, through the mist, boats were shooting landwards from the transports, bringing more men, stores of all kinds, ammunition, and materials for setting up a wireless installation.

17 The strip of burning water between them and the town narrowed rapidly, and the group set their faces firmly landwards.

18 Through a light fog all that could be seen landwards was a steep, sloping, icy surface descending from the interior, and terminating abruptly in a seaward cliff fifty to two hundred feet in height.

19 The perpetual forest hems the city in on all sides landwards; and, towards the suburbs, picturesque country-houses are seen scattered about, half buried in luxuriant foliage.

20 As they worked away from the shore there came in, borne landwards and towards them by the gale, the dull deep roar of the surf on the Goodwins.

1 向陆地

landward ashore

2 向岸的

inshore landward

3 向岸

onshore inshore landward shoreward ashore

4 向陆地的

landward