| 单词 | to the north-eastward |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto the north-eastward (of) The point of the horizon midway between the north and east; the direction of this; to the north-eastward (of): in a north-east direction (from). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-east > [noun] north-eastlOE north-easta1387 north-eastc1570 north-eastwards1578 nor'-east1592 ki-mon1871 north-east1888 north-eastward1892 1613 W. Adams Let. 1 Dec. in A. Farrington Eng. Factory in Japan (1991) I. 111 Yedzo..is a promentary that striketh w'th a great bytt or elbo from the cost of Corea and so trenteth againe to the north-estward. 1789 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 80 94 The principal vein..has a slight hade to the north-eastward. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. ii. 13 A youth, coming from the north-eastward, approached the ford of a small river. 1850 M. H. Perley Rep. New Brunswick (1852) 36 About four miles to the northeastward of Mr. Wilson's farm, and near to Point Miscou, are two fishing ‘rooms’. 1892 Daily News 27 Apr. 3/5 Wind was..from the northward or north-eastward. 1904 J. London Sea-wolf vi. 54 Wolf Larsen patrolled the poop constantly, his eyes ever searching the sea to the northeastward, from which direction the great trade-wind must blow. 1917 J. Muir Cruise of Corwin xv Not the slightest trace..could we find along the river..or on the bluff to the northeastward..of any human inhabitant. 1982 R. F. Burgess & C. J. Clausen Florida's Golden Galleons The French frigate Grifón..was sailing..far to the northeastward at the time of the disaster. < as lemmas |
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