| 单词 | west |
| 释义 | noun | adverb | adjective westwest1, West /wɛst/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [singular, uncountable] 1 (written abbreviation W) the direction opposite from that where the sun rises, that is on the left of someone facing north: Which way is west? The wind was blowing from the west. We live three miles to the west of the park. The procession moved slowly toward the west. → see Word Choice at north12the west the western part of a country, state, etc.: The farmers in the west have been struggling due to the recent drought.3the West a)the western part of the world and the people that live there, especially Western Europe and North America: the industrial countries of the West b)the part of the U.S. that is west of the Mississippi River: Half of U.S. Asians live in the West. → see also Midwest noun | adverb | adjective westwest2 ●●● S3 W3 adverb 1toward the west: I packed my bags and headed west. The window faces west.west of a spot 70 miles west of Flagstaff2out West in or to the west of a particular country, state, etc., especially the western part of the U.S.: The family moved out West to Kansas. → see also back East at east2 (3) noun | adverb | adjective westwest3 ●●● S3 W3 adjective 1 (written abbreviation W) in, to, or facing the west: the west side of the house2earth science a west wind comes from the west SYN westerly [Origin: Old English] |
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