| 单词 | westerly |
| 释义 | westerly —westerliness, n. /wes"teuhr lee/, adj., adv., n., pl. westerlies. adj. 1. moving, directed, or situated toward the west: the westerly end of the field. 2. (esp. of a wind) coming from the west: a westerly gale. adv. 3. toward the west: to escape westerly. 4. from the west: a sharp wind blowing westerly. n. 5. a wind that blows from the west: an occasional westerly that pommeled the island. 6. westerlies, (used with a pl. v.) any semipermanent belt of westerly winds, esp. those that prevail at latitudes lying between the tropical and polar regions of the earth. [1570-80; WEST + -erly, as in easterly] |
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