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词汇 northwesterly
释义 northwesterly
adjective
uk /ˌnɔːθˈwes.təl.i/ us /ˌnɔːrθˈwes.t̬ɚ.li/
towards the northwest: 向西北的,朝西北的
a northwesterly direction西北方向
 northwesterly wind
a wind that comes from the northwest: 西北风
A cold, wet start to summer with strong northwesterly winds made it difficult for the butterflies to migrate.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Points of the compass
cardinal point
compass reading
compass rose
E, e
easterly
eastern
geomagnetic pole
magnetic north
northeastern
northeastward
northerly
northern
northernmost
southeastern
southern
southward
southwestern
true north
western
westernmost
northwesterly
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌnɔːθˈwes.təl.i/ us /ˌnɔːrθˈwes.t̬ɚ.li/
a wind that comes from the northwest西北风
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Wind & winds
anemometer
blast
chinook
crosswind
cyclonic
easterly
gale
leeward
northerly
sea breeze
sigh
slipstream
stiff
the Coriolis effect
tornado
vorticity
weathervane
windblown
windswept
wuthering

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Maximum snowfall occurs over the northwest coast, which is the most exposed to the northwesterly flow, and in the mountain areas.
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A low-cloud swirl remained and subsequently continued on a west-northwesterly course for a few days.
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The municipality forms the entire northwesterly corner of the province.
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The northwesterly and southwesterly winds are sometimes to a maximum speed of 21 m / sec.
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The highway trends northwesterly for its entire length through farm country, passing by a few homes along the way.
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Thereafter, the storm began to weaken and moved in a more northwesterly direction.
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By later that day, westerly and northwesterly wind shear caused the center to become partially exposed from the deep convection.
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Substantial aftershocks continued for more than a week after the initial event, moving in a northwesterly progression.
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Most tropical cyclone prediction models indicated a northwesterly track that never happened, and also over-intensified the system.
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Dominant northwesterly winds eventually caused blowing sand to become perched on the banks.
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A temporary northwesterly turn occurred around this time as the storm moved through a weakness in the ridge.
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Most of this growth was in the northwesterly direction, and forests were cleared and marshes drained to provide room for this growth.
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Their persistent southeasterly trend suggests deposition of the loess by prevailing northwesterly winds, possibly anticyclonic winds blowing from the retreating ice sheet.
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At roughly the same time, it turned more to the west, although it maintained a general northwesterly path.
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Due easterly wind shear, the depression did not further intensify as it moved on a generally west-northwesterly track.
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