occident

n. 西方, 欧美, 西欧诸国, 西部

发音

US
UK /ˈɒksɪdənt/

词形变化

occidents 复数 occidents

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.

  2. 2.

    The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia and Africa.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

western hemisphere

上位词 1

hemisphere

词源

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”).

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