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单词 eastern
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easternadjective

also Eastern uk/ˈiː.stən/us/ˈiː.stɚn/written abbreviation E

B1 in or from the east part of an area:

The eastern part of the country is very mountainous.
Until about 1991, the Eastern bloc was the Soviet Union and the communist countries of eastern Europe.
Buddhism and other Eastern (= Asian) religions fascinate me.

More examples

  • On the eastern horizon, a huge cloud of smoke from burning oil tanks stretched across the sky.
  • We witnessed a remarkable chain of events in eastern Europe in 1989.
  • The hurricane is centered over the eastern Caribbean.
  • It's in the poorer, underdeveloped eastern region of the country that the biggest problems exist.
  • They are the single most successful eastern arts group in the West.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Points of the compass

  • cardinal point
  • compass reading
  • E, e
  • east
  • easterly
  • geomagnetic pole
  • N, n
  • northeastern
  • northeastward
  • northerly
  • northern
  • northernmost
  • northwestward
  • southeastern
  • southern
  • southernmost
  • southward
  • southwestern
  • true north
  • western

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easternadjective [ not gradable ]

us/ˈi·stərn/abbreviation E.

in or from the east part of an area:

Milwaukee is in the eastern part of Wisconsin.
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