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单词 north-north-easterly
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north-north-easterlyadj.

Brit. /ˌnɔːθnɔːθˈiːstəli/, /ˌnɔːnɔːrˈiːstəli/, U.S. /ˌnɔrθˌnɔrθˈistərli/, /ˌnɔrˌnɔrˈistərli/
Forms: also with capital initial(s).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., north-easterly adj.
Etymology: < north adj. + north-easterly adj., after north-north-east adj.
= north-north-east adj. 1, 2.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > from specific point of compass
southeOE
northeOE
northerneOE
easternOE
southernOE
south-easternOE
north-easternOE
westernOE
south-westernOE
southena1325
north-east1379
east-north-easta1398
east-south-easta1398
north-north-easta1398
north-westa1398
south-southeasta1398
south-westc1400
south-easta1425
nor'-westa1500
south-southwesta1522
north-westera1525
northerlya1544
southerly1550
south-southeast?1560
south-easterly1577
north-north-west1601
subprincipal1601
southernly1610
north-westerly1611
easternly1614
northernly1632
westwardly1653
northwardly1654
north-easterly1686
southwardly1693
southwesterly1703
eastling1725
south-southeasterly1803
westland1818
south-southwesterly1822
north-western1829
north-north-easterly1831
southwesterly1883
nor-nor-east1891
the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-east > [adjective] > north-north-east
north-north-east?c1475
north-north-easterly1831
north-north-eastward1930
1831 F. W. Beechey Narr. Voy. to Pacific II. App. 394 Ships may..generally reckon upon..meeting with northerly or north-north-easterly winds, when within two hundred or three hundred miles of Cape Frio.
1833 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 392 These icebergs have been carried in a north and north-north-easterly direction.
1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xix. 264 They kept on a north-northeasterly course for two days, when they were overtaken by a calm which lasted for nearly a week.
1942 E. M. Anderson Dynamics of Faulting & Dyke Formation v. 76 The ‘North Staffordshire Boundary Fault’..is not a single fault, as two separate north-north-easterly fractures bound the coalfield.
2001 Times (Nexis) 20 Sept. The American navy say they will get a north-north-easterly wind which will last for a couple of days.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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