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