East
[iːst] or [ist]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city.
(noun.) the countries of Asia.
(noun.) the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River.
(noun.) the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees.
(noun.) the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point.
(adj.) situated in or facing or moving toward the east .
(adv.) to, toward, or in the east; 'we travelled east for several miles'; 'located east of Rome'.
坎蒂丝手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west.
(n.) The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East.
(n.) Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent of the agriculture of the West.
(a.) Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows from the east.
(adv.) Eastward.
(v. i.) To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.
手打:奥利
例句/造句/用法:
- Thus the enemy, with a vastly superior force, was strongly fortified to the east, south, and west, and commanded the river below. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- This would keep him between our garrisons in East Tennessee and the enemy. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- They say that hardly a native child in all the East is free from sore eyes, and that thousands of them go blind of one eye or both every year. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- What the Cape of Good Hope is between Europe and every part of the East Indies, Batavia is between the principal countries of the East Indies. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The East came to the Western capitals with perplexing demands. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I would that I had, as it will be necessary in the EaSt The East! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- He returned to London, left the army, and went away to the East, with a considerable sum of money which he inherited from his mother. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- West Virginia was in our hands; and that part of old Virginia north of the Rapidan and east of the Blue Ridge we also held. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The wagon trains should be kept well east of the troops, and if a crossing can be found, or made lower down than Jones's they should take it. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- During the night they evacuated these; so that on the morning of the 23d we held undisputed possession of the east end of Monterey. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- On the 13th of September General Sterling Price entered Iuka, a town about twenty miles east of Corinth on the Memphis and Charleston railroad. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I had had this explored before, as well as the east bank below to ascertain if there was a possible point of debarkation north of Rodney. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- From the East Heavens! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- You see that it runs east and west past the school, and you see also that there is no side road for a mile either way. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- We had customers in all the little towns in south-west Wisconsin, south-east Minnesota and north-east Iowa. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
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