northwestern

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /nɔːθˈwɛst.ə(ɹ)n/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the northwest of North America.
    — His most recent novels, published as Five Star Westerns, have been Northwesterns: […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction.
    — Brittany is located in northwestern France.
  2. Blowing from that direction.

词形变化

more northwestern comparative most northwestern superlative north-western alternative,Commonwealth,UK northwesterns plural north-western alternative,Commonwealth,UK

词汇关系

衍生词
northwesterner northwesternmost
相关词
north-northwestern west-northwestern

词源

词源 1
Probably the reflex of Old English *norþwesterne, equivalent to north + western, cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German nōrtwestern and Old High German nordwestrōni. Compare earlier northeastern, southeastern, and southwestern.
词源 2
Probably the reflex of Old English *norþwesterne, equivalent to north + western, cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German nōrtwestern and Old High German nordwestrōni. Compare earlier northeastern, southeastern, and southwestern.
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