westwards

英 [ˈwestwədz]

美 [ˈwestwərdz]

adv.  向西; 朝西

高考

BNC.14658

牛津词典

adv.

• 向西；朝西
  towards the west
  1. to turn westwards
     向西转

英英释义

adv

• toward the west
  1. they traveled westward toward the setting sun
  Synonym:westward

双语例句

• On military, nomadic tribes and Gazi degenerated and marched westwards, then a regular army of Mamluk was formed to defend the Empire.
  军事上，游牧部落和加齐军逐渐萎缩和西进，发展出一支正规的马木路克军队来维护帝国的统治。
• The art of paper making reached westwards to Baghdad, Iraq in the 8th century at the height of the Islamic culture.
  回教文化在八世纪时达到全盛时期，造纸技术在此时向西传到伊拉克的巴格达。
• The American prairies were traversed in the nineteenth century by broad bison roads, made by herds of buffalo moving several beasts abreast, and then used by early settlers as they pushed westwards across the Great Plains.
  十九世纪时北美大草原上横亘着条条宽广的野牛之路，它们是成群的北美野牛数头一排并肩迁徙时留下的，后来北美早期移民就沿着这些道路穿过大平原去开拓西域。
• Slowly spread westwards across europe.
  在欧洲也一同向西面散播。
• Soon firemen were hurrying westwards.
  消防员迅速往西边去救火。
• The horizontal motion in the north part of Shanxi fault zone is contrary to the trend motion, if taking the Daixian as a center the northern section of the zone moves eastwards and the southern section westwards;
  山西断裂带北段水平运动与趋势运动几乎相反，以代县为中心，北部区段相对向东运动，南部区段相对向西运动。
• In return the EU would offer a laxer visa regime and let Russian energy companies expand westwards more easily.
  作为交换条件，欧盟将启动一个更为宽松的对俄签证系统，并使俄方的能源公司西进变得更加容易。
• People moved westwards across the European continent for more than seven thousand years and settled in the country.
  七千多年来，人们穿越欧洲大陆向西迁移，到爱尔兰定居。
• The Santa Ana winds, which whip dry air from the desert plateau westwards and downwards into southern California.
  名为圣安娜的大风驱使着来自沙漠高原的干热空气向西然后向南进入南加州。
• They turned westward/ westwards after crossing the river.
  他们过河以后向西拐了。