westing / ˈwɛs tɪŋ /

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westing 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. Navigation. the distance due west made good on any course tending westward; westerly departure.
  2. Surveying. a distance west from a north-south reference line.

更多westing例句

  1. In order to move the mountain of flesh a Westing purchase and a "handy-billy" (rope and block purchase) had to be rigged.
  2. The following wind had been probably slightly east of south-east and too much westing had been made.
  3. She was making westing, and the Olympian Bluenose aft was driving his wind-harried steed up into fairer and warmer latitudes.
  4. We are somewhere off Cork, and when he makes a few miles more westing, he will bear away south.
  5. The westing we were making brought us among people who are frequently visited by the Mambari as slave-dealers.