| 单词 | northwest passage |
| 释义 | Northwest Passagenouna ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Origin of Northwest PassageFirst recorded in 1545–55 Words nearby Northwest Passagenorthwester, northwesterly, northwesterner, North-West Frontier Province, Northwest Ordinance, Northwest Passage, Northwest Territories, Northwest Territory, northwestward, northwestwards, Northwich Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Northwest PassageNorthwest Passage nounthe passage by sea from the Atlantic to the Pacific along the N coast of America: attempted for over 300 years by Europeans seeking a short route to the Far East, before being successfully navigated by Amundsen (1903–06) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Northwest PassageNorthwest Passage A sea route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through northwestern America, often sought by early explorers. There is an actual Northwest Passage, but it requires sailing through far northern waters that are icebound much of the year. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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