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

• Securing control over the pipelines bringing oil and gas westwards is one.
  控制通往西方的石油天然气管道是其一。
• Slowly spread westwards across europe.
  在欧洲也一同向西面散播。
• They turned westward/ westwards after crossing the river.
  他们过河以后向西拐了。
• They say Colonel Gaddafi's forces are retreating westwards along the coast and that rebel troops have surrounded the town.
  他们表示，卡扎菲上校的力量正在沿着海岸向西撤退，叛军军队已经包围了这座城镇。
• The Khwarizmi had a sizeable realm until defeated by the Mongols in1231.Fleeing westwards after this defeat, Kwarizmian troops have since served as mercenaries in the Middle East.
  花剌子模原为强盛大国，后于1231年为蒙古所灭，其军队向西溃退，沦为中亚地区雇佣兵。
• 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。
• Soon firemen were hurrying westwards.
  消防员迅速往西边去救火。
• 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。
• The surface current flows westwards through the straits into the Sea of Marmaris, but there is a deep current which flows simultaneously in the opposite direction, back into the Black Sea.
  表面的向西的水流通过海峡流向马尔马里斯海，但与此同时，深层水流流向相反的方向，重新再流向黑海。
• They headed westwards along the motorway.
  他们沿着调整公路向西行。