单词 | western |
释义 | western (once / 187 pages) 1adj 2n Anything western comes from the west, like a western wind that blows your hair sideways. Western also refers to anything from that half of the world — North America and Europe — as well as old cowboy movies. Although western literally refers to anything in the west, like that wind or a direction on a compass, the Western world refers to the culture of the USA and Europe. The other is Eastern society, which includes Asia. They aren’t as popular now, but kids used to watch Westerns, also known as cowboy movies. If you go to a store that sells Western wear, you might walk out with a ten-gallon hat and red cowboy boots. Yeehaw! WORD FAMILYwestern: midwestern, westernise, westernize, westernly, westernmost, westerns+/midwestern: midwesterner/west: westerly, western, westly, westmost, wests/westerly: westerlies/westernise: westernised, westernising/westernize: Westernization, westernized, westernizing USAGE EXAMPLESThe pipeline would carry oil from western North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) President Putin will continue to exploit signs of weakness or western disunity. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) His best-known work was "Ways of Seeing", a criticism of western cultural aesthetics, but he also won the Booker Prize for his novel G. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj lying toward or situated in the west our company's western office Syn west situated in or facing or moving toward the west 2adj of wind; from the west Syn westerly west situated in or facing or moving toward the west 3adj relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts Syn|Ant Hesperian, occidental denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere eastern relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world orientaldenoting or characteristic of countries of Asia 4adj of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River 2Syn|Ant southwestern of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico; Arizona; Texas; California; and sometimes Nevada; Utah; Colorado midwesternof a region of the United States generally including Ohio; Indiana; Illinois; Iowa; Missouri; Kansas; Nebraska; and sometimes Michigan; Wisconsin; Minnesota northwesternof a region of the United States generally including Washington; Oregon; Idaho; and sometimes Montana; Wyoming west-centralof a region of the United States usually including Colorado; Nevada; Utah eastern of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States east-centralof a region of the United States generally including Kentucky, West Virginia mid-Atlantic, middle Atlanticof a region of the United States generally including Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York; Pennsylvania; New Jersey northeasternof a region of the United States generally including the New England states; New York; and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania southeasternof a region of the United States generally including Alabama; Georgia; Florida; Tennessee; South Carolina; North Carolina n a sandwich made from a western omelet Syn|Hyper western sandwich sandwich two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them Western (once / 145 pages) n WORD FAMILY Western: Westerns+/West: Western, Wests USAGE EXAMPLESOn Monday morning, the NBA announced Wall and Harden as the Eastern and Western Conference players of the week, respectively. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) There are three primary networks--the Eastern Interconnect, Western Interconnect and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas--and smaller grids within those three groups. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) It was also the first time poison gas was used on the Western front. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) n a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development Syn|Hypo|Hyper horse opera spaghetti Western a low-budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film company feature, feature film the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater |
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