east

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ɪjst/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.
    — Portsmouth is to the east of Southampton.
  2. The eastern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
    — We, in the west, agreed amongst ourselves that a penitentiary should be erected with our half of the money arising as above stated; and the east agreed to improve the country in their vicinity with the other half.
  3. In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
    — A few [Anglican churches in South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland] are oriented other than due [geographic] east—St. Paul's, St. George's, and Prince George's parish churches face northeast and St. Andrew's, southeast. […] Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, the altar is located at the east end of the church, and the gallery, at the west.
形容词 adj.
  1. Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward. not-comparable
  2. Blowing (as wind) from the east. not-comparable
  3. Of or pertaining to the east; eastern. not-comparable
  4. From the East; oriental. not-comparable
  5. Designating, or situated in, the liturgical east. not-comparable
    — the east front of a cathedral
副词 adv.
  1. Towards the east; eastwards.

词形变化

easts plural further east comparative farther east comparative furthest east superlative farthest east superlative

词汇关系

近义词
of pertaining to the east
反义词
westward westerly antonym(s) of “of pertaining to the east” west westwards
衍生词
Aberdare East about east Allendale East Arrowsmith East Ascot Aston Aurora East Awang East back east Bagong Barrio East Ballarat East Balliang East Balmain East Barangay East Bath and North East Somerset Baynton East Belalie East Bentleigh East Black East Indian Boambee East Boorhaman East Brighton East Broomehill East Brunswick East Budgerum East Buln Buln East Bundaberg East Burpengary East Burwood East Cabagñan East Cadcadir East Canada East Cansamada East Carunuan East Caulfield East Cheshire East Cobram East Colac East Corack East Coromandel East Cosili East Cranbourne East Croxton East Denistone East Doncaster East down east Drouin East Dudley East Dutton East eastabout East Acton East Africa East Albury East Allington East Alstead East Amherst East Amwell East and West Buckland East Anglia East Anstey East Ardsley East Arlington East Arm East Arnhem East Atlantic peacock wrasse East Augusta East Aurora East Ayrshire East Azerbaijan East Bairnsdale East Baldwin East Ballidu East Ballina East Barkwith East Barnet East Barron East Beach East Bedlington East Bend East Bendigo East Bergholt East Bethlehem East Beverley East Bloomfield East Boldon East Boston eastbound East Bowes East Braintree East Branxton East Brent East Bridgewater East Bridgford East Brisbane Eastbrook East Brookfield East Buckland East Budleigh East Bunbury Eastbury east by north east by northeast east by south East Cam East Cambridgeshire East Cannington East Carbon East Carbon City East Carisac East Carleton East Carlton East Carnarvon East Carroll Parish East-Central Europe East Challow East Chapman East Chevington East Chicago East Chinnock Eastchurch East Clandon East Claydon East Cleveland East Coker East Cooyar East Coraki East Corrimal Eastcote East Coventry East Cove Port East Cowton East Creek East Dallas East Damboring East Dean East Dean and Friston East Deep Creek East Dennis East Derry East Devon East Devonport East Didsbury East Dorset East Douglas East Down East Dubuque East Dulwich East Dunbartonshire East Eddington East End easterliness easterly eastern Eastern Creek easterner Eastern Heights Eastern View East Falkland East Falmouth East Farleigh East Feliciana Parish East Feluga East Finchley East Fishkill East Fortune East Franklin East Freetown East Fremantle East Garafraxa Eastgardens East Garston East Garton East Geelong East Gippsland East Glacier Park East Godavari East Goscote East Gosford East Granby East Greenmount East Greenwich East Gresford East Grinstead East Gwillimbury East Haddam East Haldon East Halton East Hampshire East Hampstead East Hampton East Hanningfield East Hants East Hardwick East Harling East Harptree East Hartford East Harting East Hartland East Harwich East Haven East Hempfield East Hendred East Hertfordshire East Hills East Hoathly East Holden East Horndon East Horsley East Huntspill eastie East Indian East Indies East Indy easting East Innisfail East Ipswich East Jindabyne East Kamias East Kangaloon East Kempsey East Kilbride East Killara East Kingston East Knighton East Knoyle East Kootenay East Kurrajong East Kwa Eastlake East Lake Eastlakes East La Mirada eastland East Langton East Lansing East Launceston East Lavington East Leake East Lindfield East Lindsey East Linton East Lismore East Lockinge East London East Longmeadow East Looe East Lothian eastly East Lyme East Lynn East Lynne East Lyons River East Machias East Mackay East Maitland East Malling East Markham East Marlborough East Marmara East Mead East Melbourne East Middlebury East Millinocket East Molesey East Moline east monsoon East Montpelier East Moonta East Moors eastmost East Munglinup East Murchison East Nabawa East Nanango East Nannup East Naples eastness East Newdegate East Northamptonshire east-north-east east northeast east-northeast east-northeasterly east-northeastern east-northeastward east-northeastwards East Norton East Norwalk East Oakland Easton East Orange East Orleans East Palestine East Palmerston East Peckham East Penn East Pennsboro East Peoria East Pepperell East Perth East Pilbara East Pingelly East Poblacion East Point East Pomeranian East Popanyinning Eastport East Providence East Quantoxhead Eastralia East Region East Renfrewshire East Ridgley East Riding East Rochester East Rockingham East Rudham East Runton East Russell East Rutherford East Ryde East Ryegate East Saint Louis East Sale East Sandwich East Seaham East Sheen East Side Eastside east southeast east-south-east east-southeast east-southeasterly east-southeastern east-southeastward east-southeastwards East Staffordshire East St. Louis East Stoke East Stroudsburg East Suffolk East Sullivan East Sussex East Tamworth East Templeton East Thetford East Tilbury East Timor East Tisted East Toowoomba East Trinity East Troy East Turkestan East Turkistan East Vassalboro East Victoria Park East Vietnamese Sea Eastville East Wagga Wagga East Wallingford East Walpole East Wangaratta East Warburton eastward East Wardell eastwardly eastwards East Wareham East Wemyss east-west East Weymouth East Whiteland East Wickepin East Winch east wind East Windsor Eastwood East Woodburn East Woodhay East Worthing East York East Yuna East Zorra Eidsvold East Elizabeth East Essex Fairfield East Far East Framlingham East Gabu Norte East Gawler East Gilling East Girgarre East Glenelg East Glenhope East Glenloth East Gowar East Grace Park East Hamilton East Hampton East Hawthorn East Highlands East Holme East Waver Hugpa East Huron East Ilawod East Irrewillipe East Ivanhoe East Jancourt East Jimbour East Kahayagan East Kambalda East Katamatite East Katherine East Kawit-East Washington Drive Kayan East Keilor East Kerang East Kew East Kialla East Kilikili East Kilmore East Kingdom of the East Franks Laen East Lang Lang East La Paz East Lima East Lobe-lobe East Łódź East Longwood East Malvern East Mangato East Marnoo East Mayfield East Meningie East Mepunga East Metcalfe East Middle East Middle East syndrome Mount Bryan East Mount Gravatt East Muñoz East Murchison East Murray Bridge East Nangalisan East Naringal East Narre Warren East Near East Neerim East Newcastle East Nirranda East Noorat East nor'-east nor'-nor'-east north by east north-east northeast northeast by east North East Derbyshire North East Lincolnshire North-East Region north-northeast north-north-east Oakleigh East Pagolingin East Passage East Pastoria East Pata East Peechelba East Perth East Picton East Pirie East Poblacion East Pomborneit East Poowong East Queanbeyan East Reynella East Rich Avon East Ringwood East Rosedale East Side Salisbury East Sampao East San Francisco East San Jose East Scotland of the East Scott River East Seville East Shepparton East Silicon Valley of the East Coast sou'-east sou'-sou'-east south by east south-east southeast southeast by east South East Nanango south-south-east south-southeast star in the east St Arnaud East St Kilda East St Newlyn East Tallangatta East Tanami East Tatura East Teachers Village East Telangatuk East Terrick Terrick East Trafalgar East Traralgon East Trentham East Turriff East Tyrendarra East Ultima East Urangeline East Valley East Walhalla East Wallaloo East Wandearah East Wandin East Warding East Wattle Ridge East Wellington East Whorouly East Willoughby East Woorarra East Wulgulmerang East Wyuna East Yeungroon East

词源

词源 1
From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Germanic *austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros (“east”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aist (“east”), North Frisian uast, ååst, ööst (“east”), Saterland Frisian Aaste (“east”), West Frisian east (“east”), Dutch oost (“east”), German Ost (“east”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål øst (“east”), Faroese eystur (“east”), Icelandic austur (“east”), Norwegian Nynorsk aust, øst (“east”), Swedish ost, öst, öster (“east”); also with Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ušastara, “eastern”), Latin auster (“south”).
词源 2
From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Germanic *austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros (“east”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aist (“east”), North Frisian uast, ååst, ööst (“east”), Saterland Frisian Aaste (“east”), West Frisian east (“east”), Dutch oost (“east”), German Ost (“east”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål øst (“east”), Faroese eystur (“east”), Icelandic austur (“east”), Norwegian Nynorsk aust, øst (“east”), Swedish ost, öst, öster (“east”); also with Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ušastara, “eastern”), Latin auster (“south”).
词源 3
From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Germanic *austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros (“east”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aist (“east”), North Frisian uast, ååst, ööst (“east”), Saterland Frisian Aaste (“east”), West Frisian east (“east”), Dutch oost (“east”), German Ost (“east”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål øst (“east”), Faroese eystur (“east”), Icelandic austur (“east”), Norwegian Nynorsk aust, øst (“east”), Swedish ost, öst, öster (“east”); also with Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ušastara, “eastern”), Latin auster (“south”).
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