Northwest
['nɔrθ'wɛst]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city.
(noun.) the northwestern region of the United States.
(noun.) the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees.
(noun.) the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point.
(adv.) to, toward, or in the northwest.
錄入:莫伊拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
(a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.
(a.) Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.
(adv.) Toward the northwest.
錄入:默多克
例句/造句/用法:
- The lines, she said, were waterways; the circles, cities; and one far to the northwest of us she pointed out as Helium. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- This process is going on in Northwest India and Australia. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Hence our general cold winds are about northwest, our summer cold gusts the same. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Vast areas to the west and northwest which are now under the Atlantic waters were then dry land; the Irish Sea and the North Sea were river valleys. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- D'Arnot pointed toward the northwest. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I travelled through the Northwest considerably during the winter of 1860-1. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Our northwest thunder-gusts in America, I know, are not; but of them I have written my opinion fully in a paper which you have seen. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- There were two detached spurs of hills or mountains to the north and northwest of the city, which were also fortified. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
整理:纳特