| 单词 | leeward |
| 释义 | leeward (once / 1862 pages) adjadvn The adjective leeward describes an area or side of a boat that's facing away from the wind. If you move to the leeward side of your sailboat, you're shifting to the sheltered, downwind side. You're likely to hear the word leeward when you're on a boat, since wind direction is hugely important when you're sailing. You can, however, use it to describe any area that's protected from the wind, even when you're on land. Your tent might fare best if you pitch it on the leeward side of a valley, for example. The lee part of leeward comes from the Old English hleo, which means "shelter, defense, or protection." WORD FAMILYleeward: leewardly, leewards USAGE EXAMPLESAulani, a Disney Resort & Spa occupies 21 acres of oceanfront property on the leeward coast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Slate(Nov 22, 2016) This black-footed albatross dines on plastic garbage in the Hawaiian Leeward Islands. National Geographic(Nov 09, 2016) The agency said Thursday areas of leeward Kauai and leeward Maui that are still in drought will probably recover. Washington Times(Oct 20, 2016) 1adj on the side away from the wind on the leeward side of the island Syn|Ant downwind, lee towards the side away from the wind windward on the side exposed to the wind upwind, weathertowards the side exposed to wind 2adv toward the wind they were sailing leeward Syn|Ant upwind downwind, windward away from the wind 3n the direction in which the wind is blowing Ant|Hypo|Hyper windward the direction from which the wind is coming leeward side, to leeward the side sheltered from the wind direction the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves 4n the side of something that is sheltered from the wind Syn|Ant|Hyper lee, lee side windward the side of something that is toward the wind face, side a surface forming part of the outside of an object |
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