North

[nɔːθ] or [nɔrθ]

[nɔrθ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city.

(noun.) the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line.

(noun.) British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792).

(noun.) the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees.

(noun.) the direction in which a compass needle points.

(noun.) the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point.

(adj.) situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; 'artists like north light'; 'the north portico' .

(adv.) in a northern direction; 'they earn more up north'; 'Let's go north!'.

奥古斯都手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south.

(n.) Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.

(n.) Specifically: That part of the United States lying north of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.

(a.) Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north.

(v. i.) To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.

(adv.) Northward.

錄入:罗兰

同義詞及近義詞：

a. Northerly, northern, boreal, arctic.

手打:奥齐

解釋/意思:

n. the point opposite the sun at noon: one of the four cardinal points of the horizon: the side of a church to the left of one facing the principal altar: that portion of the United States north of the former slave-holding states—i.e. north of Maryland the Ohio and Missouri.—adv. to or in the north.—ns. North′-cock the snow bunting; North′-east the point between the north and east equidistant from each.—adj. belonging to or from the north-east.—n. North′-east′er a wind from the north-east.—adjs. North′-east′erly toward or coming from the north-east; North′-east′ern belonging to the north-east: being in the north-east or in that direction.—adv. North′-east′ward toward the north-east.—ns. North′er (th) a wind or gale from the north esp. applied to a cold wind that blows in winter over Texas and the Gulf of Mexico; North′erliness (th) state of being toward the north.—adj. North′erly (th) being toward the north: coming from the north.—adv. toward or from the north.—adj. North′ern (th) pertaining to the north: being in the north or in the direction toward it: proceeding from the north.—n. an inhabitant of the north.—n. North′erner (th) a native of or resident in the north esp. of the northern United States.—adjs. North′ernmost (th) North′most situate at the point farthest north.—ns. North′ing motion distance or tendency northward: distance of a heavenly body from the equator northward: difference of latitude made by a ship in sailing northward: deviation towards the north; North′man one of the ancient Scandinavians; North′-pole the point in the heavens or beneath it on the earth's surface ninety degrees north of the equator; North′-star the north polar star; Northum′brian a native of the modern Northumberland or of the ancient kingdom of Northumbria stretching from the Humber to the Forth: that variety of English spoken in Northumbria before the Conquest—also adj.—adjs. North′ward North′wardly being toward the north.—adv. toward the north—also North′wards.—n. North′-west the point between the north and west equidistant from each.—adj. pertaining to or from the north-west.—adjs. North′-west′erly toward or coming from the north-west; North′-west′ern belonging to the north-west: pertaining to or being in the north-west or in that direction.—North water the space of open sea left by the winter pack of ice moving southward.—North-east Passage a passage for ships along the north coasts of Europe and Asia to the Pacific first made by Nordenskié°ˆd in 1878-79; Northern lights the aurora borealis (q.v.); North-west Passage a sea-way for ships from the Atlantic into the Pacific along the northern coast of America first made by Sir Robert M‘Clure 1850-54.

手打:玛莎