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southwestward

/south-west-werd; Nautical sou-west-werd/US // ˌsaʊθˈwɛst wərd; Nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛst wərd //UK // (ˌsaʊθˈwɛstwəd, nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛstwəd) //

向西南,向西南方向,向西南走,向西南延伸

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Also southwestwards. toward the southwest.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : facing or tending toward the southwest.
    • : coming from the southwest, as a wind.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the southwest.

Examples

  • They followed the South Fork for some distance, and then, turning southward and southwestward, crossed the plains of Colorado.

  • His ranch, the Two Diamond, was fifteen miles southwestward.

  • From Glacier Point we follow the road southwestward about six miles to a junction, where our trail branches to the left.

  • They were coasting that long peninsula of Alaska that projects an arm for a thousand miles southwestward into the Pacific.

  • Course was altered immediately to the southwestward and speed was increased to the utmost.