northwards

英 [ˈnɔːθwədz]

美 [ˈnɔːrθwərdz]

adv.  向北; 朝北

高考CET6

BNC.11689 / COCA.43874

牛津词典

adv.

• 向北；朝北
  towards the north
  1. to go/look/turn northwards
     向北走 / 看 / 掉转

英英释义

adv

• in a northern direction
  1. they earn more up north
  2. Let's go north!
  Synonym:northnortherlynorthward

双语例句

• Junkers were ordered northwards to help a German merchantman which were under attack by a Norwegian destroyer.
  容受命飞助正遭受挪威驱逐舰袭击德运输船。
• Somali border to a depth of60km and the coast from Lamu northwards.
  从拉穆海岸向北至索马里边境60公里范围。
• These birds migrate northwards in spring and southwards in fall.
  这些鸟在春天移栖北方，秋天移栖南方。
• And at the fourth watch, again he could see the colorful shadow cast by the moon through the hole, which pointed northwards at a big rock.
  到四更时分，月亮透过峭壁洞孔，又将那彩色缤纷的剑影映到小石壁上。
• The boy is unable to tell them exactly where he buried his father, but claimed he followed his compass northwards.
  男孩无法指出他埋葬父亲的确切位置，只表示是按照指南针的指示在北边埋葬了父亲。
• In order to protect America's interests in Philippines, Roosevelt did not hesitate to connive Japanese aggression toward Korea, led Japan northwards to check Russia, which seriously threatened northeast China.
  为了保障美国在菲律宾的利益，罗斯福不惜纵容日本侵略朝鲜，引导日本北进牵制俄国，从而严重威胁了中国东北的安全。
• A team of Danish researchers, heading northwards on a Swedish ice-breaker, has just set sail from Norway.
  一队丹麦研究人员刚刚乘着一艘瑞典破冰船从挪威向北起航。
• The path angled downhill and northwards
  小路向山下伸展，然后向北延伸。
• The coast sweeps away northwards in a wide curve.
  海岸呈一大弧形向北伸展。
• Some scholars suggest that in the last two or three centuries bc, India lost its traditional sources of supply of precious metals when nomadic tribes cut the trade route northwards from India through Bactria to siberia.
  一些学者认为，公元前2或3世纪，印度失去了传统贵金属资源的来源，当时游牧部落切断了从印度经巴克特里亚到西伯利亚的北上贸易线路。