northwester

/nawrth-wes-ter; Nautical nawr-wes-ter/US // ˌnɔrθˈwɛs tər; Nautical ˌnɔrˈwɛs tər //UK // (ˌnɔːθˈwɛstə, nautical ˌnɔːˈwɛstə) //

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n.名词 noun

"Northwester coming," said the Tennessee Shad under his breath.
Like a storm driven bird she was off in the wings of a northwester, lying far over even under the greatly reduced sail.
Yet this, were it not for the time it happened, was to the surrounding tumult, as a dying sigh to the roar of a northwester.
A northwester was coming up, and after his experience on the eve of Plassey, Desmond knew what that meant.
On the tenth day out, a northwester began to pipe and ripen to a gale as the sea rose with it.