west
noun /west/
/west/
[uncountable, singular] (abbreviation W)
- enlarge imageusually the westthe direction that you look towards to see the sun go down; one of the four main points of the compass
西;西方 - Which way is west?
哪边是西? - Rain is spreading from the west.
雨正从西边袭来。 - to the west (of…) He lives to the west of (= further west than) the town.
他住在这个城镇以西的地方。 - The train line facilitates travel between east and west.
这条铁路线方便了东西方之间的旅行。
- Which way is west?
- the west, the Westthe western part of a country, region or city
美国西部 - The west of the country is especially popular with tourists.
这个国家的西部特别受游客欢迎。 - Around 2 000 teachers from around the West of England attended the conference.
来自英格兰西部的大约2 000名教师参加了会议。 - in the west Elsewhere in the West, wet, unsettled weather will continue until the weekend.
在西方的其他地方,潮湿、不稳定的天气将持续到周末。 - House prices in the west have risen significantly over the last five years.
过去五年来,西方的房价大幅上涨。 - There's been a severe earthquake in the west of the country.
该国西部发生了严重地震。
- The west of the country is especially popular with tourists.
- the WestEurope, North America and Canada, contrasted with other parts of the world
西方(与东方国家相对照的欧洲和北美) - I was born in Japan, but I've lived in the West for some years now.
我出生在日本,但已在西方居住了一些年了。
- I was born in Japan, but I've lived in the West for some years now.
- the West(North American English) the western side of the US
美国西部 - the history of the American West
美国西部的历史
- the history of the American West
- the West(in the past
) Western Europe and North America, when contrasted with the Communist countries of Eastern Europe旧时 (旧时与共产党执政的东欧国家相对应的)西方国家,西欧及北美 - East–West relations
东西方关系
- East–West relations
词源Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German west, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hesperos, Latin vesper ‘evening’.