westward
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
副词 adv.
英 /ˈwɛst.wəd/
美 /ˈwɛst.wɚd/
英文释义
名词 n.
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The western region or countries; the west.
— I name this to explain what I said before, of Ships being embay’d and lost here: this is when, coming from the Westward, they omit to keep a good Offing, or are taken short by contrary Winds […]
形容词 adj.
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Lying toward the west.
— […] yond same star that’s westward from the pole
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Moving or oriented toward the west.
— 1783, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, Volume 3, Chapter 17, p. 8, Those who steer their westward course through the middle of the Propontis, may at once descry the high lands of Thrace and Bithynia, and never lose sight of the lofty summit of Mount Olympus, covered with eternal snows.
副词 adv.
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Toward the west.
— ride westward.
词源
词源 1
From Middle English westward, from Old English westweard.
词源 2
From Middle English westward, from Old English westweard.
词源 3
From Middle English westward, from Old English westweard.
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