northern

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈnɔː.ðən/|[ˈnɔːðn̩]    /ˈnɔɹ.ðɚn/|/ˈnoː.ðən/|[ˈnoːðn̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An inhabitant of the northern regions; a northerner.
  2. The northern pike.
    — As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.
  3. A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the north of North America, primarily in western Canada but also in Alaska, often with a Mountie as the protagonist.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.
    — Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.
  2. Blowing from the north; northerly.
  3. Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised) UK
    — Les Dawson was a famous northern comedian.

词形变化

more northern comparative most northern superlative northernmost superlative northerns plural

词汇关系

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great northern bean great northern diver great northern loon great northern prawn great northern shrike nonnorthern northern anchovy Northern Areas Northern Beaches northern bilberry northern birch mouse northern blindfish northern blot analysis northern bobwhite northern bog lemming northern boobook northern bottlenose whale northern brown argus northern brown bandicoot Northern Bruce Peninsula northern brushtail possum northern buffed-cheeked gibbon Northern Cape northern cardinal northern cavefish northern common cuscus northern cricket frog northern curlew northern dawn northern dock Northern England northern epilepsy syndrome northerner northernest northern eyelash boa northern firmoss northern flicker northern fulmar northern fur seal northern fur-seal northern gannet northern goshawk Northern Grampians northern grasshopper mouse northern greater galago northern hairy-nosed wombat northern harrier northern hawk owl northern hemisphere northern house martin Northern Ireland Northern Irish northernism northernization northernize northern jacana Northern Jê Northern Khmer northern lady fern northern lapwing northern lights northern lion northernly Northern Macedonia northern maidenhair Northern Mariana Islands Northern Marianas Northern Midlands northern mockingbird northern monkey northernmost Northernness Northern Norway northern oriole northern palm squirrel Northern Palmyra northern pikeminnow northern pintail northern pitcher plant Northern Province northern quoll northern raccoon northern raven northern red-backed vole northern red oak Northern Region Northern Rhodesia Northern Rivers northern rock cress Northern Samar northern screamer northern scurfy Quaker moth northern shoveler northern shrike northern shrimp northern slimy salamander northern snakehead northern solstice northern soul northern spell Northern State northern storm petrel northern streamers Northern Sunrise County Northern Tablelands Northern Territories Northern Territory northern three-toed jerboa northern tigrina northern tree shrew Northern Tropic Northern Union football Northern Virginia northern viscacha northern water dragon northern wheatear northern whiting northern wild rice northern wiretail northern wolffish northern woodrush the Northern Crown unnorthern

词源

词源 1
From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-West Germanic *norþrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordrōni and Old Norse norrœnn.
Morphologically north + -ern.
词源 2
From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-West Germanic *norþrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordrōni and Old Norse norrœnn.
Morphologically north + -ern.
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