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单词 north-eastern
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north-eastern

/nɔːθˈiːst(ə)n /
adjective
1Situated in, directed towards, or facing the north-east: the rugged north-eastern coast of Sardinia...
  • She heads for the northern-most part of mainland Britain, to Caithness, in north-eastern Scotland.
  • A short tram ride away is a north-eastern colliery village.
  • Gil was born near the city of Salvador, in north-eastern Bahia, in 1942.
1.1(Of a wind) blowing from the north-east: a vicious north-eastern wind blew in...
  • Temperatures are expected to drop even lower this evening as a north-eastern wind blows over the UK.
  • A north-eastern wind from Germany will send temperatures plummeting as low as -5C.
  • It is probable that the wind which retarded the progress of Cook was a north-eastern wind of a changeable nature.
2Living in, originating from, or characteristic of the north-east: north-eastern residents his broad north-eastern accent...
  • Robert was born when his father was still an obscure north-eastern colliery workman.
  • Sir William Armstrong, the north-eastern armaments king, built himself an extraordinary country retreat at Cragside in the Northumbrian hills.
  • The second man, speaking with a north-eastern accent, said: "The gendarmes did a fantastic job."
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