north
北、北方
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教材释义与例句
北,北方
the direction that is at the top of a map of the world, above the Equator. It is on the left if you are facing the rising sun
北方的;朝北的
in the north or facing the north
在北方,向北方
towards the north
释义与例句
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The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.
可数 不可数Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
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The up or positive direction.
可数 不可数Stock prices are heading back towards the north.
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The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
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Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”).
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In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.
可数 不可数 宗教
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To turn or move toward the north.
不及物 废旧
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1.
Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
He lived in north Germany.
She entered through the north gate.
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2.
Toward the north; northward.
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Of wind, from the north.
气象The north wind was cold.
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Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
north highway 1
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Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).
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More or greater than.
非正式The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.
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Toward the north; northward; northerly.
Switzerland is north of Italy.
We headed north.
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词源
From Middle English north, from Old English norþ, from Proto-West Germanic *norþr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nér (“below (the surface)”). The meaning developed either from "region where the sun is below (the earth)" or from "left side of someone who turns to the east when praying". Cognates Cognate with various Germanic counterparts such as Yola noardth, nordh (“north”), North Frisian noor, nord, nuurd, Nuurđ (“north”), Saterland Frisian Noude, Nudde (“north”), West Frisian noard (“north”), Dutch noord (“north”), German Nord (“north”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk nord (“north”), Faroese, Icelandic norður (“north”), Swedish nord, norr (“north”); also with Ancient Greek νέρτερος (nérteros), ἐνέρτερος (enérteros, “below”), Russian нора (nora, “hole”), Lithuanian nėrõvė (“mermaid, nymph”), Oscan 𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌕𐌓𐌀𐌊 (nertrak, “left”), Umbrian nertru (“left”), Sanskrit नरक (naraka, “hell”), Tocharian B ñor (“below”).
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