| 单词 | western |
| 释义 | western (westəʳn ) also Western Word forms: westerns 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ Western means in or from the west of a region, state, or country. ...hand-made rugs from Western and Central Asia. ...Moi University, in western Kenya. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Western is used to describe things, people, ideas, or ways of life that come from or are associated with the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe. Mexico had the support of the big western governments. Those statements have never been reported in the Western media. 3. countable noun A western is a book or film about life in the west of America in the nineteenth century, especially the lives of cowboys. Collocations: western movie But she was a frequent guest at western movie conventions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They relocate to an old western movie studio. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A novelty song with deadpan humour and kitschy references, the song has been described as the perfect musical realization of a spaghetti western movie. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He taught me to sing, dance, enjoy western movies, and play cards. Globe and Mail The interaction of wild west shows and, later, western movies influenced styles that working cowboys at times adopted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Managerialism is the mantra across the western world. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The pushiest, most sharp-elbowed parent in the western world. Times, Sunday Times (2009) What would you give to spend an evening hobnobbing with the saviour of the western world? Times, Sunday Times (2008) He had been, so the chronicler declared, nothing less than 'the rooftree of the dignity of the western world'. The Times Literary Supplement (2016) And the other great curse - at least for women - in the modern western world? Times, Sunday Times (2014) Translations: Chinese: 西的, 西方 Japanese: 西の, ウェスタン |
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