单词 | south-west |
释义 | south-west also southwest 1. uncountable noun [oft the NOUN] The south-west is the direction which is halfway between south and west. ...the village of Popplewell, some six miles to the south-west. 2. singular noun The south-west of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the south-west. ...the mountains in the south west of the U.S.A. [+ of] 3. adverb [ADVERB after verb] If you go south-west, you travel towards the south-west. We took a plane south-west. 4. adverb Something that is south-west of a place is positioned to the south-west of it. ...a gold mine at Orkney, south-west of Johannesburg. [+ of] 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] The south-west part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the south-west. ...a light aircraft crash near Stranraer in South-West Scotland. ...in the south-west corner of my garden. 6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A south-west wind is a wind that blows from the south-west. Examples of 'south-west' in a sentence |
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