easterly是什么意思？

easterly

英[ˈi:stəli] 美[ˈistərli]

• adj.& adv. 东方的（地），东部的（地），（指风）从东吹来的（地）；

例句

• The strong easterly wind lash ed at our faces. 强劲的东风猛烈地吹打我们的脸.
• A right easterly wind is very unkind. 风起正东,定是恶风.
• travelling in an easterly direction 向东旅行
• After rounding Cape Finisterre the boats ride the north-easterly trades. 绕过菲尼斯特雷角之后，这些船开始在东北信风的吹送下破浪前行。
• ...the cold easterly winds from Scandinavia. 来自斯堪的纳维亚的寒冷东风
• He progressed slowly along the coast in an easterly direction. 他沿着海岸慢慢向东前行。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  东的;向东的
  An easterly point, area, or direction is to the east or towards the east.
  例句
  He progressed slowly along the coast in an easterly direction. 他沿着海岸慢慢向东前行。
• ADJ
  （风）从东方吹来的；东风的
  An easterly wind is a wind that blows from the east.
  例句
  ...the cold easterly winds from Scandinavia. 来自斯堪的纳维亚的寒冷东风

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  (指风)从东吹来的(地)
  A right easterly wind is very unkind. 风起正东,定是恶风。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a wind from the east
• Adjective
  1. lying in or toward the east;
  "the east side of NY""eastern cities"
  2. from the east; used especially of winds;
  "an east wind""the winds are easterly"
• Adverb
  1. from the east;
  "the winds blew easterly all night"