| 单词 | northern |
| 释义 | northern (once / 166 pages) adj WORD FAMILY northern: northernly, northernmost, northernness+/north: northern, northmost, norths USAGE EXAMPLESChung is being held in Denmark after police there arrested her on Sunday in the northern city of Aalborg. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) The gap between northern and southern European government bond spreads compressed. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) He was scheduled later to travel to the country’s self-governing northern Kurdish region to meet French troops and local officials. Time(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj situated in or oriented toward the north the northern suburbs Syn northerly north situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north 2adj situated in or coming from regions of the north the northern hemisphere northern autumn colors Syn|Ant boreal, circumboreal comprising or throughout far northern regions north-centralbeing in or of a region of the United States generally including states of the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region lying north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri and between the western boundary of Pennsylvania and the eastern boundaries of Montana and Wyoming and Colorado septrionalof northern regions; from the seven stars (or seven plowing oxen) of Ursa Major southern situated in or coming from regions of the south australof the south or coming from the south meridionallocated in the south or characteristic of southern people or places south-centralbeing in or of a region of the United States including the states of the lower Mississippi valley and east of the Rio Grande 3adj coming from the north; used especially of wind a northern snowstorm Syn northerly north situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north 4adj in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line northern industry northern cities Syn|Ant blue used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms) Federal, Unionbeing of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War Yankeeused by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier) southern in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line Confederateof or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War gray, greyused to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms) Northern (once / 241 pages) n WORD FAMILY Northern: Northerns+/North: Northern, Norths USAGE EXAMPLESA baggage handler was locked inside an airplane’s cargo area during a 1½ -hour flight from North Carolina to Northern Virginia on Sunday. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) “The court stuck with the basic framework of Virginia, so it’s still pretty messed up, especially in Northern Virginia,” Cannon said. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) It is the first major bowl appearance for the conference since Northern Illinois played in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1, 2013. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) n a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans Hyper Middle English English from about 1100 to 1450 |
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