windward / ˈwɪnd wərd /
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windward 的 3 个定义
adv. 副词 adverb- toward the wind; toward the point from which the wind blows.
adj. 形容词 adjective- pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the quarter from which thewind blows.
n. 名词 noun- the point or quarter from which the wind blows.
- the side toward the wind.
更多windward例句
- He is renting a home on Oahu’s windward side but, like many other lower-income applicants on the waitlist, he and his family have spent time homeless.
- Wind flow and temperature around the huddle prompt a first penguin — typically the coldest on the windward side — to relocate.
- As more birds leave the windward side, penguins in the center soon find themselves exposed.
- A bird who finds himself on the huddle’s windward side is soon driven to relocate to its warmer, leeward side.
- Archie Carr, The Windward Road: Adventures of a Naturalist On Remote Caribbean Shores—The title tells you a lot, but not enough.
- I have heard Joe say that small shot couldn't have hit you very much harder than the drift when you looked to windward.
- Without her powerful engines to tow it to windward of the wrecks the lifeboat would be much, very much, less useful than it is.
- The hawser was slipped as he spoke; the lifeboat was hauled slowly but steadily to windward up to her anchor.
- They found their way up on to the windward side of the promenade, which was absolutely deserted.
- It was no easy thing to hold the yacht on its course, even with no sail to drive it up to windward.