Windward是什么意思？

Windward

英[ˈwɪndwəd] 美[ˈwɪndwərd]

• adj.& adv. 迎风的（地），上风的（地），向风的（地）；
• n. 上风，迎风；

例句

• They heeled the sloop well over,skimming it along to windward. 他们使单桅小船倾斜适当,让它顶着风向前滑去。
• They erected a 2 - metre - high mud wall on the windward side. 他们在迎风的一边筑起了一堵两米高的土墙.
• the windward side of the boat 船向风的一侧
• They heeled the sloop well over, skimming her along to windward. 他们使单桅小船倾斜适当, 使它顶着风向前滑去.
• They heeled the sloop well over, skimming it along to windward. 他们使单桅小船倾斜适当, 让它顶着风向前滑去.
• Gardens on the windward side of a hill receive more rain than those on the lee side. 山坡向风面的花园比背风面的雨水多。
• ...the windward side of the quarterdeck... 上层后甲板区的迎风面
• ...a chain of islands known as the Windward Islands... 名为“向风群岛”的岛群

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  (尤指船侧)迎风的，向风的，顶风的
  Windward is used to describe the side of something, especially a ship, which is facing the wind.
  例句
  ...the windward side of the quarterdeck... 上层后甲板区的迎风面 Gardens on the windward side of a hill receive more rain than those on the lee side. 山坡向风面的花园比背风面的雨水多。
• PHRASE
  (船等)顶风，迎风
  If a ship sails to windward, it sails towards the place from which the wind is blowing.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the direction from which the wind is coming
• Adjective
  1. on the side exposed to the wind;
  "the windward islands"
• Adverb
  1. away from the wind;
  "they were sailing windward"