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northerly

/nawr-ther-lee/US // ˈnɔr ðər li //UK // (ˈnɔːðəlɪ) //

向北,往北,北方,往北的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : moving, directed, or situated toward the north.
    • : coming from the north: a northerly gale.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : toward the north.
    • : from the north.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural north·er·lies.

    • : a wind that blows from the north.

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Examples

  • The most northerly sites were in the Orkney Islands, north of Scotland.

  • The more northerly kelp forests also lack sea otters, an urchin predator that is common farther south.

  • I’m drawn to cold climates and northerly latitudes — and wherever harsh weather exists, you’re likely to find tough wool sweaters knitted for the purpose of surviving it.

  • Between this and the Channel we were delayed by a succession of northerly winds.

  • The river then trends in a northerly direction for seven miles, without any sinuosity of consequence.

  • Adiutrix for work elsewhere, it recalled both governor and legion, and gave up the more northerly of his nominal conquests.

  • AS the wolf is a native of cold climates, he must have passed northerly into America, since he is met with in both continents.

  • Accomentas, a band, or division of the Pawtucket Indians inhabiting the northerly part of Massachusetts in 1674.