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词汇 westerly
释义 westerly
adjective
uk /ˈwes.təl.i/ us /ˈwes.tɚ.li/
in or towards the west: 在西方的;向西方的
So far, only the westerly part of the site has been developed.到目前为止,只有该地区的西部得到了开发。
We travelled in a westerly direction.我们朝西行进。
 westerly wind
a wind that comes from the west: 西风
Prevailing westerly winds will bring moisture to the region as snow.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Points of the compass
cardinal point
compass reading
compass rose
E, e
easterly
eastern
easternmost
geomagnetic pole
magnetic north
northeastern
northeastward
northerly
northern
northernmost
southeastern
southern
southwestern
true north
western
westernmost
westerly
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈwes.təl.i/ us /ˈwes.tɚ.li/
a wind that comes from the west西风
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the Coriolis effect
tornado
vorticity
weathervane
windblown
windswept
wuthering

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westerly
adjective
us/ˈwes·tər·li/
toward or near the west:
a westerly wind

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With the prevailing south-westerlies, we are now getting all the side effects.
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Winds are frequent and salt-laden being moderate easterlies in the summer and fresh to strong westerlies in the winter.
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Unlike the westerlies in the middle latitudes, the polar easterlies are often weak and irregular.
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As such following the overall direction of the trade winds and westerlies is still very useful.
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Weather systems in the westerlies that cause precipitation move along jet stream, which migrates north into the region by summer.
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The activity initially progressed westerly and then southeasterly across the study area.
Air flows out from its center toward the upper and lower latitudes of each hemisphere, creating both the trade winds and the westerlies.
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Within 24 hours, the circulation dissipated as the system continued eastward through the westerlies.
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Talas maintained its large annulus with better poleward outflow enhanced by the strong mid latitude westerlies.
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Winter rainfall is associated with large storms and fronts that the westerlies steer from west to east, that on occasion reach down into subtropical latitudes.
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In years when westerlies are strong, summers are cool, winters are mild and rain is frequent.
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On occasion a strong cold front will develop in summer and bring the westerlies further north than their mean summer position.
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The jet streams are a system of upper-air westerlies.
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Major habitat types are identified: polar, temperate shelves and seas, temperate upwelling, tropical upwelling, tropical coral, pelagic (trades and westerlies), abyssal, and hadal (ocean trench).
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Heavy westerlies have undermined these cliffs and large portions of rock have fallen to the sea bed, where waves have pounded them into weird shapes.
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