单词 | nor'-west |
释义 | nor'-west (once / 102777 pages) advn WORD FAMILY nor'-west USAGE EXAMPLESSeven hundred feet below and speeding away to the nor'-west were a couple of the "Hippodrome's" seaplanes. Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis), Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.—A story of...(2011) He could take Jim's schooner, here, and mosey out nor'-west, and then jest nat'rally pick us up after we gets good and started. White, Stewart Edward, The Westerners(2011) The proposition circulated about, whenever anything went counter to their notions, alway was "to run away to the Nor'-west." Scadding, Henry, Toronto of Old(2011) 1adv to, toward, or in the northwest Syn north-west, northwest 2n the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees Syn|Hyper NW, northwest, northwestward compass point, point any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass |
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