单词 | south |
释义 | Word Frequency south(saʊθ) noun 1. one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at 180° from north and 90° clockwise from east and anticlockwise from west 2. the direction along a meridian towards the South Pole 3. the south 4. (usually capital) cards the player or position at the table corresponding to south on the compass adjective 5. situated in, moving towards, or facing the south 6. (esp of the wind) from the south adverb Symbol: S7. in, to, or towards the south 8. archaic (of the wind) from the south Word origin Old English sūth; related to Old Norse suthr southward, Old High German sundan from the southWord Frequency South(saʊθ) noun the South 1. the southern part of England, generally regarded as lying to the south of an imaginary line between the Wash and the Severn 2. (in the US) a. the area approximately south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, esp those states south of the Mason-Dixon line that formed the Confederacy during the Civil War b. the Confederacy itself 3. the countries of the world that are not economically and technically advanced adjective 4. a. of or denoting the southern part of a specified country, area, etc b. (capital as part of a name) the South Pacific |
随便看 |
英语词典包含233703条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。