west

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n. 西方, 西部 a. 西方的, 向西的 adv. 向西, 自西方, 在西方

发音

UK /wɛst/
US /wɛst/
US /wɛst/

词形变化

wests 复数 wests wested westing wests 三单 westing 现在分词 wested 过去式 wested 过去分词 wester further west 比较级 farther west 比较级 furthest west 最高级 farthest west 最高级

别名

w. W

教材释义与例句

名词

西；西方；西部

the direction towards which the sun goes down, and which is on the left if you are facing north

形容词

西方的；朝西的

in the west or facing the west

副词

在西方；向西方；自西方

towards the west

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.

    We used to live in the west of the country.

    Portugal lies to the west of Spain.

  2. 2.

    The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

  3. 3.

    In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.

    宗教
v.
  1. 1.

    To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.

adj. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.

    西

  2. 2.

    Of wind: from the west.

    气象
  3. 3.

    Of or pertaining to the west; western.

  4. 4.

    From the West; occidental.

  5. 5.

    Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.

adv. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Towards the west; westwards.

    This thoroughfare bears (to the) West.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

w westward

上位词 2

direction location
形容词

反义词 1

east

近义相关 6

western westward westbound westerly westernmost westmost

相关短语

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词源

PIE word *wek(ʷ)speros From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr (“western”), from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”), from Proto-Germanic *westraz (“west”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wast (“west”), North Frisian waast, weest, wäst (“west”), Saterland Frisian Wääste (“west”), West Frisian, Dutch west (“west”), German West (“west”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vest (“west”), Faroese, Icelandic vestur (“west”), Swedish väst, väster (“west”); also with Irish feascar, feasgar (“evening; vespers”), Cornish gorthugher (“evening”), Manx fastyr (“afternoon, evening; vespers”), Scottish Gaelic feasgar (“afternoon, evening”), Latin vesper (“evening”), Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “evening; western”), Latvian vakars (“evening”), Lithuanian vakaras (“evening”), Czech, Slovak and Slovene večer (“evening”), Kashubian wieczór (“evening”), Polish wieczerz, wieczór (“evening”), Russian вечер (večer, “evening”), Serbo-Croatian вече, вечер, veče, večer (“evening”), Armenian գիշեր (gišer, “night”). Compare also Catalan oest (“west”), French ouest (“west”), Galician oeste, ueste (“west”), Italian ovest (“west”), Portuguese, Spanish oeste (“west”) (all ultimately borrowings of the Old English word).

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