leeward

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈliːwəd/|/ˈl(j)uːəd/    美 /ˈliwɚd/|/ˈluːɚd/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.
副词 adv.
  1. Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; downwind.
    — Some hours after midnight, the Typhoon abated so much, that through the strenuous exertions of Starbuck and Stubb—one engaged forward and the other aft—the shivered remnants of the jib and fore and main-top-sails were cut adrift from the spars, and went eddying away to leeward, like the feathers of an albatross, which sometimes are cast to the winds when that storm-tossed bird is on the wing.

词形变化

more leeward comparative most leeward superlative leewardmost superlative more leeward comparative most leeward superlative

词汇关系

反义词
windward upwind

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English lee
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
English leeward
From lee (“side away from the wind”) + -ward (“direction”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English lee
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
English leeward
From lee (“side away from the wind”) + -ward (“direction”).
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