Orient

['ɔːrɪənt;'ɒr-] or ['orɪənt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances; 'The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen'.

(verb.) determine one's position with reference to another point; 'We had to orient ourselves in the forest'.

(verb.) cause to point; 'Orient the house towards the West'.

(verb.) be oriented; 'The weather vane points North'; 'the dancers toes pointed outward'.

手打:莫林--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Rising, as the sun.

(a.) Eastern; oriental.

(a.) Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.

(n.) The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.

(n.) The countries of Asia or the East.

(n.) A pearl of great luster.

(v. t.) To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.

(v. t.) Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.

阿纳托尔校對

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Eastern, oriental.[2]. Bright, shining, glittering, sparkling, brilliant.

n. East.

卡米尔錄入

解釋/意思:

adj. rising as the sun: eastern: bright or pure in colour.—n. the part where the sun rises: the east or the countries of the east: purity of lustre as in a pearl.—v.t. to set so as to face the east: to build as a church with its length from east to west.—adj. Orien′tal eastern: pertaining to in or from the east.—n. a native of the east.—v.t. Orien′talise.—ns. Orien′talism an eastern word expression or custom; Orien′talist one versed in the eastern languages: an oriental; Oriental′ity.—v.t. and v.i. Orien′tāte.—ns. Orientā′tion the act of turning or state of being turned toward the east the process of determining the east in taking bearings: the situation of a building relative to the points of the compass: the act of making clear one's position in some matter: the homing instinct as in pigeons; O′rientātor an instrument for orientating.

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