单词	westward
释义	westward /ˈwɛstwəd / adjective Towards the west: the journey covers eight time zones in a westward direction... Rabaul was crossed off the list of invasion targets; its neutralization by air was to be completed by May 1944, followed by MacArthur's westward advance towards the Vogelkop peninsula of New Guinea. Sweden attempted to take advantage of this by blocking Russia's attempted westward expansion towards the Baltic. The war enhanced American power vis-à-vis Indian tribes in the West and South and thus set the stage for westward expansion after 1815. adverb (also westwards) In a westerly direction: a track leads westwards through the glen... And the ocean currents tend to drift westwards on the northern side. The avian flu is believed to have moved westwards into central and western Europe as more than 15,000 mute swans fled an unusually cold spell in the Black Sea region. Edmund and Garrett led the Cavalry westwards a few days later. noun (the westward) A direction or region towards the west: he sees a light to the westward... To the westward, but on their left instead of their right, tombs of great antiquity passed by their gaze. Derivatives westwardly adverb ... The first appearance of Vernedia in lower Cenomanian rocks of Oregon implies that the genus migrated westwardly across the Pacific into the Old World Tethyan province. He did not recommend driving westwardly as it was feared a large volume of water would be tapped. Thence proceeding westwardly along the south bank of the Cornwallis River to the point of commencement. Rhymes northwestward, southwestward
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