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单词 north-westerly
释义 north-ˈwesterly, a.
[f. north-west, after westerly.]
a. Of the wind: Blowing from the north-west.
b. Tending north-west.
1611Cotgr., Galerneux, north-westerlie.1708Lond. Gaz. No. 4446/3 We have Tided it with the Merchant Ships..to this Place with small Gales North-Westerly.1778W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) II. 9 A north-westerly wind and excessive cold are synonymous terms.1828Scott F.M. Perth xxvii, Directing his course in a northwesterly direction.1870Lowell Study Windows Ser. i. Good Word for Winter, The avant-courier of a northwesterly gale.
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