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west-northwestward

/west-nawrth-west-werd; Nautical -nawr-west‐/US // ˈwɛstˌnɔrθˈwɛst wərd; Nautical -ˌnɔrˈwɛst‐ //

向西向北

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west-northwest.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : toward the west-northwest.

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.

  • Kanye West wants people to stand up and dance at his concerts.

  • 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.

  • Of course, my first row was a long one, quite through the city from west to east, including innumerable turnings and windings.