英语词汇“western”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	western
释义	west·ern I. \ˈwestə(r)n, -R also -t^ən\ adjective Etymology: Middle English westeren, westerne, from Old English westerne; akin to Old High German westrōni western, Old Norse vestrœnn, derivative from the root of English west (I) 1. often capitalized : of, relating to, originating or dwelling in, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated West: as a. : steeped in or stemming from the Greco-Roman traditions of the Occident rather than those of Islam, India, or the Far East < the Western tradition began to take distinctive shape with the mingling of Greco-Roman and Hebraic-Christian elements in the later days of the Roman Empire — J.A.Corry > < in the nineteenth century, the adoption of … superior Western technology appeared to Far Eastern statesmen to be a legitimate risk as well as an imperative necessity — A.J.Toynbee > < barriers, between a western eye and the beauty of a Chinese vase — J.A.Macy > b. : of or relating to the noncommunist countries of Europe and America < western emphasis on individualism > < American tendency to consult with the Western powers on what is good for Asia, instead of first consulting with the Asian nations themselves — Mochtar Lubis > c. (1) : of or relating to the American West < western settlers > < western plains > < western cattle ranches > < the western grosbeak closely resembles the rose-breasted grosbeak except in plumage > (2) : of or relating to folk music characteristic of the American West < favorite hillbilly — or, if you prefer, western — crooner — Ochiltree (Texas) County Herald > (3) : of or relating to a literary western < resorts to every typical Western element: the fugitive bandit, the sheriff in pursuit, the girl, the gun play, and the great outdoors — Delmore Schwartz > 2. a. : situated in or lying toward the west < around the western and southern sides of the track are grandstands — American Guide Series: Ind. > < islands in the western half of the archipelago > b. : coming from the west — used chiefly of the wind < a western gale > c. (1) : going toward or facing the west < the western voyage of Columbus > < a room with a western exposure > (2) : corresponding to the westering course of the sun : declining < we … on the western side of life — H.W.Longfellow > 3. usually capitalized : of or relating to the Roman Catholic and Protestant segment of Christianity < Western liturgies > — compare eastern orthodox II. noun (-s) 1. often capitalized : westerner 2. a. : one that is produced in or characteristic of a western region and especially the western U.S. < ewes in this experiment were two-year-old westerns — W.C.Coffey > < in felt hats ranchers prefer broad-brimmed westerns > b. : general american c. : western sandwich 3. often capitalized : a story of frontier life < historical novels also rank high, and so do murder mysteries and Westerns — Bruce Bliven b. 1889 > < a traditional Western in a novel Australian setting — Films in Review > specifically : a play (as a moving picture or a radio or television play) dealing usually with life in the western United States during the latter half of the 19th century < rattling good western about the first cattle drive over the Chisholm Trail — Time > < westerns, those simple … sagas of manly men and womanly women — Virginia Graham >
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