| 词汇 | northwest |
| 释义 | northwest noun[ U ] uk /ˌnɔːθˈwest/ us /ˌnɔːrθˈwest/(written abbreviationNW) B1 the direction that is between north and west: 西北向，西北方 We live in the northwest of the city.我们住在城市的西北方向。 the Northwest the area in the northwest of England, the US, or another country: （英格兰、美国或其他国家的）西北部 The Lake District is a very beautiful region in the Northwest.湖区是西北部一个美丽的地区。 Seattle is the largest city in the Northwest.西雅图是西北部最大的城市。 Unemployment in the northwest has been falling. They moved to the northwest last year. Manchester is in the northwest of England. The motorway connects the northwest with the midlands. He grew up in the northwest of Scotland. Towns & regions: parts of countries at local/national levelphrase bicoastal blue zone Breton city state easterner green belt interterritorial metropolitan borough metropolitan county multi-county non-county northerner province sector southerner southwest super-regional territory westerner You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Points of the compass northwest adjective, adverb uk /ˌnɔːθˈwest/ us /ˌnɔːrθˈwest/ B1 in or towards the northwest: 在西北的;向西北的 the sale of the company's northwest division该公司西北分公司的销售情况 Turn northwest.向西北方向转。 The town is/lies about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.该城位于拉斯维加斯西北方大约100英里处。 northwest wind a wind that comes from the northwest: 西北风 Strong northwest winds had blown the volcanic ash out to sea and over Europe. Points of the compass cardinal point compass reading compass rose E, e easterly eastern easternmost geomagnetic pole magnetic north magnetic pole northeastern northeastward northerly northern northernmost southern southwestern true north western westernmost northwest | American Dictionarynorthwest noun[ U ] us/ˌnɔrθˈwest/(abbreviationN.W.) the direction between north and west, or the part of an area or country which is in this direction: Seattle is in the northwest. northwestadjective, adverb[ not gradable ]us/ˌnɔrθˈwest/(abbreviationN.W.) The plane crashed six miles northwest of the airport. northwesternadjective[ not gradable ]us/ˌnɔrθˈwes·tərn/(abbreviationN.W.) northwestern Mexico Examples of northwestnorthwest The northwest was a poor region that produced neither food to sustain the army garrisons nor valuable commodities that could lubricate interregional trade. The jade bar pectoral is visible northwest (below) the mandible. We carried out an empirical study in the northwest of the country employing the method of rapid and anonymous street interactions. Such a model implies that a potential mantle plume area was oriented towards the northwest (in present coordinates). Both models require that the thrust-related structures are regionally diachronous, with those in the northwest forming significantly earlier than those in the southeast. The present island shape is the result of two giant landslides leaving large amphitheatres in the northwest and southwest of the island. The contact between these two units can be mapped to within 100 m in the northwest of the area. Unfortunately, this foliation could not be measured, but the associated crenulation lineation found on the steeply northnorthwest dipping overprinted foliation, plunges to the northwest. Some harvesting of shrimp is done on the extreme northwest coast, but turtles are not generally found in that area. A generally southwest-flowing axial fluvial system and interfingering coarse-grained marginal alluvial clastics derived from northwest and southeast were identified. All lower-hemisphere equal-area projections viewed toward the north to northwest. The thermocline is broken down by the strong northwest winds. Each option with a position northwest (above left) of another option can be excluded. Toward the northwest of the plaza, two domestic structures were uncovered. The salt voucher system thus provided a means whereby merchants supplying frontier armies in the northwest ultimately received reimbursement in bronze coin. See all examples of northwest These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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