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词汇 south-eastern
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Definition of south-eastern in English:

south-eastern

adjective saʊθˈiːst(ə)n
  • 1Situated in, directed towards, or facing the south-east.

    the south-eastern corner of Angola
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although London should be placed in the south-eastern district, there are several circumstances which combine to give it a somewhat peculiar climate.
    • Men had fought and experienced a wider world, and such experiences were now brought back to south-eastern villages and towns.
    • The only bones that now survive from the excavation are four femora that were recovered from the south-eastern burial chamber.
    • The south-eastern port towns show the most frequent signs of French influence.
    • The palace is near the south-eastern section of the island.
    1. 1.1 (of a wind) blowing from the south-east.
      the harsh south-eastern wind that blows over Cape Town in the summertime
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Most of the shipwrecks in the roadstead here are due to these south-eastern squalls.
      • In spring and summer, the humid and hot south-eastern foehn visits the wall of the prison.
      • They call this season bordwo bo'uai ('blowing the petticoats awry'), in reference to the effect of the first strong gales of the south-eastern breeze.
      • The locals refer to this devastating south-eastern gale-force wind as 'The Cape Doctor', although there's little evidence of any healing occurring!
      • The south-eastern cyclone moved eastward.
  • 2Living in, originating from, or characteristic of the south-east of a particular country or region.

    south-eastern native peoples
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Northern-dominated government may have blunted the appeal of the development discourse among the majority of south-eastern voters.
    • Purlins are butted against the principal rafters in true south-eastern fashion, supported on long tenons taken through the principal.
    • The inspiration of the 'Singapore Aunties' project comes from our eccentric and eclectic south-eastern colloquialism.
    • The 55 genera of the south-eastern flora contain about 1,260 species.
    • No other people in the state had offered to do what the south-eastern residents were doing.
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