west

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /wɛst/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.
    — We used to live in the west of the country.
  2. The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
  3. In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
    — In two respects, however, the cathedral [of St. Mary's in Sydney, Australia] differs from English traditions: it is oriented north-south, not east-west; and its main entry is from the south (liturgical west) between the two towers, in the French manner.
动词 v.
  1. To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.
    — Foure times his place he shifted hath in sight, / And twice has risen, where he now doth West, / And wested twice, where he ought rise aright.
形容词 adj.
  1. Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward. not-comparable
  2. Of wind: from the west. not-comparable
  3. Of or pertaining to the west; western. not-comparable
  4. From the West; occidental. not-comparable
  5. Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel. not-comparable
    — Interior in 1925, (left) looking north to chancel and (right) looking south (to liturgical west end) It was on account of this connection that St James's became the clowns 'church', an annual clowns' service being held there ...
副词 adv.
  1. Towards the west; westwards.
    — This thoroughfare bears (to the) West.

词形变化

wests plural further west comparative farther west comparative furthest west superlative farthest west superlative wests present,singular,third-person westing participle,present wested participle,past wested past

词汇关系

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Greta West Guildford West Hackham West Heidelberg West Helena-West Helena hell west and crooked Holland Park West Homebush West Hounslow West Hugpa West Ilawod West Inner West Jimbour West Kahayagan West Kalimna West Kambalda West Katandra West Kayan West Key West Kialla West Kilikili West Kinglake West King's Lynn and West Norfolk Knowle West Kulin West Kurraca West Laidley Creek West Landsborough West Lane Cove West La Paz West Maffra West Upper Mangato West Manly West Marnoo West Maryborough West Mashonaland West Mayfield West Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Meering West Melton West Meningie West Merbein West Meringandan West Merrylands West Mexican west coast rattlesnake Mid West Mincha West Moormbool West Mooroopna North West Mount Walker West Mundulla West Munno Para West Muñoz West Murrabit West Nangalisan West Newcastle West north-northwest northwest North West Bend North West Cape North West Province Nyah West out west Pagolingin West Para Hills West Passage West Pata West Picola West Poblacion West Port Augusta West Portland West Port Pirie West Purnim West Pyap West Queanbeyan West Quinte West Rathscar West Redmond West Renmark West Rich Avon West Riding Mountain West Risca West Rise of the West Robeston West Rosedale West Side Salisbury West Sampao West San Francisco West San Jose West Santo Domingo West Slender West Lake Somerset West and Taunton south-southwest southwest South West Rocks South West Slopes Spanish West Indies St Kilda West Sun City West Sunshine West Swan Hill West Swanwater West Tahara West Talbot West Teachers Village West Teddywaddy West Timboon West Timor West Tinamba West Toolamba West Tresco West Tritlington and West Chevington Tweed Heads West Ucarty West Unincorporated Far West Wandearah West Waratah West Warragul West Watchem West Waterford West Wessex West West Acre West Addison West Africa West African hemorrhagic fever West Africa Time West Albury Westall West Allen West Alvington West Ambrym West Amwell West Aramaic West Ardsley West Arnhem West Atlantic trumpetfish West Auckland West Azerbaijan West Bagborough West Ballidu West Ballina West Bath West Bathurst West Baton Rouge Parish West Bay West Beach West Bedlington West Bend West Bendigo West Berkshire West Betuwe West Binnu West Bird's Head West Bletchley West Bloomfield West Bloomfield Township Westbourne Park West Boylston West Branch West Brattleboro West Bridgewater West Bridgford West Briton West Brompton West Bromwich West Bronx Westbrook West Brookfield West Brunswick West Buckfastleigh West Buckland West Bundaleer West Bungawalbin West Burton Westbury West Busselton West Buxton Westby West Byfleet west by north west by south West Calder West Caldwell West Canaan West Cape Howe West Carisac West Carlton West Carroll Parish West Casuarinas West Chatham Westchester West Chester West Chesterfield West Chevington West Clandon West Cliff Westcliffe West Cliffe West Coast West Coast Sound West Coker West Concord West Coolup West Coraki West Cornforth West Cornwall Westcourt West Creek West Crewkerne West Croydon West Curthwaite Westdale West Danville Westdean West Dean West Deeping West Deer West Deptford West Derby West Dereham West Devon West Didsbury West Dorset West Down West Drayton West Dunbartonshire West Ealing West Earl West Elgin West Elk Mountains West End wester Westerham westerly western Western Creek westerner Western Flat Western Junction Western River Westerway West European West Ewell West Falkland West Falmouth West Feliciana Parish West Felton West Ferry West Fields West Fitzgerald West Footscray West Franklin West Germany West Gippsland West Gladstone West Godavari West Gosford West Green West Grey West Grinstead West Hagley West Haldon West Hallam West Ham West Hampstead West Harrow West Hartford West Hartlepool West Harton West Harwich West Haven West Heath West Helmsdale West Hempfield West Highland West Hill West Hills West Hindmarsh West Hoathly West Hobart West Holleton West Holywell West Horndon West Horsley West Hoxton West Huntspill West Hyde West Indiaman West Indian elm West Indies westing West Ipswich West Irian West Jesmond West Kalgoorlie West Kamias West Kempsey West Kensington West Kentish West Kilbride West Kingston West Kirby West LA Westlake West Lake West Lakes West Lakes Shore West Lamington West Lancashire Westland West Launceston West Lavington West Leederville West Liberty West Lincoln West Lindsey West Linn West Linton West Lockinge West Los Angeles West Lothian West Lulworth West Lynn West Lyons River West Mackay West Malling West Manchester West Markham West Marlborough West Marmara Westmead Westmeadows West Medford West Melbourne West Meon Westmere West Mersea West Milford West Millbury Westminster West Monkseaton West Monkton west monsoon Westmont West Montagu West Moonah West Moor West Mooreville West Moors Westmoreland Westmorland Westmount West Newbury West Newton West New York West Nicholson West Nipissing West Northamptonshire West Norwood West Nowra Weston Westonia West Oxfordshire West Palestine West Palm West Palm Beach West Paris West Peabody West Pennant Hills West Pennard West Pennsboro West Perth West Philadelphia West Pine West Pingelly West Pinjarra West Plains West Poblacion West Point West Popanyinning West Porlock West Prairie West Providence West Pymble West Quantoxhead West Quincy West Quoddy Head West Rainton and Leamside West Range West Redding West Richmond West Ridgley West Riding West Riding of Yorkshire West River West Rockhampton West Roxbury West Ruislip West Runton West Rutland West Ryde West Sac West Scottsdale West Shepton west side West Simsbury West Sleekburn West Somerset West Somerville West Sopris Creek West Southbourne West Springfield West Stewartstown West Stockbridge West Stoke West Stow West Stowe West Suffield West Suffolk West Sussex West Swan West Swanzey West Takone West Tamworth West Tanfield West Texas Intermediate West Thurrock West Timor West Timperley West Toodyay West Torrens Westtown West Town West Trashley West Trenton West Triangle West Tytherley West Union Westvale West Vale West Valley City West Vancouver West Virginia westward westwardly westwards West Warwick West Watford West Wellesley Islands West Wemyss West Whittier West Wiangaree West Wickham West Willington West Wimmera West Winch west wind West Windsor West Wittering West Witton West Wodonga West Wollongong Westwood West Woodburn West Woodhay West Woombye West Worthing West Wyalong West Wycombe West Yarmouth Wilga West Woodstock West Woodville West Woorarra West Wulgulmerang West Wynnum West Wyola West

词源

词源 1
PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros
From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr (“western”), from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”), from Proto-Germanic *westraz (“west”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots wast (“west”), North Frisian waast, weest, wäst (“west”), Saterland Frisian Wääste (“west”), West Frisian and Dutch west (“west”), German West (“west”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk vest (“west”), Faroese and Icelandic vestur (“west”), Swedish väst, väster (“west”); also with Irish feascar, feasgar (“evening; vespers”), Cornish gorthugher (“evening”), Manx fastyr (“afternoon, evening; vespers”), Scottish Gaelic feasgar (“afternoon, evening”), Latin vesper (“evening”), Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “evening; western”), Latvian vakars (“evening”), Lithuanian vakaras (“evening”), Czech, Slovak and Slovene večer (“evening”), Kashubian wieczór (“evening”), Polish wieczerz, wieczór (“evening”), Russian вечер (večer, “evening”), Serbo-Croatian вече, вечер, veče, večer (“evening”), Armenian գիշեր (gišer, “night”). Compare also Catalan oest (“west”), French ouest (“west”), Galician oeste, ueste (“west”), Italian ovest (“west”), Portuguese, Spanish oeste (“west”) (all ultimately borrowings of the Old English word).
词源 2
PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros
From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr (“western”), from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”), from Proto-Germanic *westraz (“west”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots wast (“west”), North Frisian waast, weest, wäst (“west”), Saterland Frisian Wääste (“west”), West Frisian and Dutch west (“west”), German West (“west”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk vest (“west”), Faroese and Icelandic vestur (“west”), Swedish väst, väster (“west”); also with Irish feascar, feasgar (“evening; vespers”), Cornish gorthugher (“evening”), Manx fastyr (“afternoon, evening; vespers”), Scottish Gaelic feasgar (“afternoon, evening”), Latin vesper (“evening”), Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “evening; western”), Latvian vakars (“evening”), Lithuanian vakaras (“evening”), Czech, Slovak and Slovene večer (“evening”), Kashubian wieczór (“evening”), Polish wieczerz, wieczór (“evening”), Russian вечер (večer, “evening”), Serbo-Croatian вече, вечер, veče, večer (“evening”), Armenian գիշեր (gišer, “night”). Compare also Catalan oest (“west”), French ouest (“west”), Galician oeste, ueste (“west”), Italian ovest (“west”), Portuguese, Spanish oeste (“west”) (all ultimately borrowings of the Old English word).
词源 3
PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros
From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr (“western”), from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”), from Proto-Germanic *westraz (“west”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots wast (“west”), North Frisian waast, weest, wäst (“west”), Saterland Frisian Wääste (“west”), West Frisian and Dutch west (“west”), German West (“west”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk vest (“west”), Faroese and Icelandic vestur (“west”), Swedish väst, väster (“west”); also with Irish feascar, feasgar (“evening; vespers”), Cornish gorthugher (“evening”), Manx fastyr (“afternoon, evening; vespers”), Scottish Gaelic feasgar (“afternoon, evening”), Latin vesper (“evening”), Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “evening; western”), Latvian vakars (“evening”), Lithuanian vakaras (“evening”), Czech, Slovak and Slovene večer (“evening”), Kashubian wieczór (“evening”), Polish wieczerz, wieczór (“evening”), Russian вечер (večer, “evening”), Serbo-Croatian вече, вечер, veče, večer (“evening”), Armenian գիշեր (gišer, “night”). Compare also Catalan oest (“west”), French ouest (“west”), Galician oeste, ueste (“west”), Italian ovest (“west”), Portuguese, Spanish oeste (“west”) (all ultimately borrowings of the Old English word).
词源 4
PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros
From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr (“western”), from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”), from Proto-Germanic *westraz (“west”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots wast (“west”), North Frisian waast, weest, wäst (“west”), Saterland Frisian Wääste (“west”), West Frisian and Dutch west (“west”), German West (“west”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk vest (“west”), Faroese and Icelandic vestur (“west”), Swedish väst, väster (“west”); also with Irish feascar, feasgar (“evening; vespers”), Cornish gorthugher (“evening”), Manx fastyr (“afternoon, evening; vespers”), Scottish Gaelic feasgar (“afternoon, evening”), Latin vesper (“evening”), Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “evening; western”), Latvian vakars (“evening”), Lithuanian vakaras (“evening”), Czech, Slovak and Slovene večer (“evening”), Kashubian wieczór (“evening”), Polish wieczerz, wieczór (“evening”), Russian вечер (večer, “evening”), Serbo-Croatian вече, вечер, veče, večer (“evening”), Armenian գիշեր (gišer, “night”). Compare also Catalan oest (“west”), French ouest (“west”), Galician oeste, ueste (“west”), Italian ovest (“west”), Portuguese, Spanish oeste (“west”) (all ultimately borrowings of the Old English word).
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