| 单词 | north-east |
| 释义 | north-east also northeast 1. uncountable noun [oft the NOUN] The north-east is the direction which is halfway between north and east. The land to the north-east fell away into meadows. 2. singular noun The north-east of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the north-east. The north-east, with 60 million people, is the most densely populated part of theUnited States. They're all from Newcastle in the North East of England. [+ of] 3. adverb [ADVERB after verb] If you go north-east, you travel towards the north-east. The streets were jammed with slow-moving traffic, army convoys moving north-east. 4. adverb Something that is north-east of a place is positioned to the north-east of it. This latest attack was at Careysburg, twenty miles north-east of the capital, Monrovia. [+ of] 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] The north-east part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the north-east. These islands of the north-east coast can only be reached in small boats. ...Waltham Abbey on the north-east outskirts of London. 6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A north-east wind is a wind that blows from the north-east. By 9.15 a bitter north-east wind was blowing. Examples of 'north-east' in a sentence |
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