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southwest

/south-west; Nautical sou-west/US // ˌsaʊθˈwɛst; Nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛst //UK // (ˌsaʊθˈwɛst, nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛst) //

西南地区,西南部,西南,西南区

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW
    • : a region in this direction.
    • : the Southwest, the southwest region of the United States.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the southwest.
    • : coming from the southwest, as a wind.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in the direction midway between south and west.

Examples

  • What we knowWhat we’re less confident aboutStorms next weekWhile an Arctic high-pressure zone continues to feed cold air into the region, two more storms are expected to approach the area from the southwest.

  • From Tunk’s summit, you can see the lake-dotted forest stretching to the north, as well as Mount Desert Island and Frenchman Bay to the southwest.

  • I’m right by the Swiss border all the way in the south, southwest France.

  • Some areas southwest of Washington could see a bit more while others, north of Washington, could see a bit less.

  • As a zone of low pressure approaches from the west this weekend, models have converged on the idea of a period of snow on Sunday as warmer air from the south and southwest is lifted over a dome of cold air supplied by high-pressure to the north.

  • AirAsia, on the other hand, is a relatively new carrier, an upstart in the tradition of Southwest Airlines in the United States.

  • This leaves Southwest, a serious competitor, as the only domestic carrier left able to claim “bags fly free.”

  • In the Rockies, the number climbs to 26 percent, and in the Southwest, fully a third are on board.

  • Close to 50,000 unaccompanied Central American minors showed up at the southwest border this year.

  • Checkpoints like this one and the 33 others along the southwest border are the source of frustration for the towns they occupy.

  • Samuel Dale, an eminent pioneer in the settlement of the southwest, died in Lauderdale county, Mississippi.

  • It will also certify that he made the pluckiest and most successful hundred-mile run ever pulled off in the Southwest.

  • In this beautiful quadrangle, one of the most interesting features is the chapel at the southwest corner.

  • Looking away to the southwest, she beheld a sight that made her feel faint with fear.

  • Away off to the southwest a bright light showed briefly—the headlight of a Santa Fe train, he guessed it must be.