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west-northwest

/west-nawrth-west; Nautical west-nawr-west/US // ˈwɛstˌnɔrθˈwɛst; Nautical ˈwɛstˌnɔrˈwɛst //

西北

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a point on the compass midway between west and northwest.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : coming from this point: a west-northwest wind.
    • : directed toward this point: a west-northwest course.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : toward this point: sailing west-northwest.Abbreviation: WNW

Examples

  • There is, however, a separate wing of AQAP designed to inspire their followers to conduct attacks against the West.

  • The need for an Ebola vaccine in West Africa has never been greater.

  • With Ebola still raging in West Africa, the race to find a vaccine is heating up.

  • I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.

  • Still, at least Macklemore sounds like a white guy from the Pacific Northwest.

  • The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.

  • When the women came, he was preparing to go to the west side for his daily visit with Mrs. Pruitt.

  • The cantonment was split into two sections by an irregular ravine, or nullah, running east and west.

  • But you are mistaken in thinking the force west consists of the entire Merrill Horse.

  • Now, the whole Northwest groaned beneath a cast-iron prohibition law at that time, and for some years thereafter.