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Definition of westward in English: westwardadjective ˈwɛstwədˈwɛstwərd Towards the west. 向西的 the journey covers eight time zones in a westward direction 旅程向西穿过8个时区。 Example sentencesExamples - The rate of the westward shift of the centre of population slowed by about one-half in the next half-century. but it continued to edge across Indiana and, by 1950, on to Olney, Illinois.
- Some have long disputed the very idea of a frontier of ‘free land’ because of the presence of the numerous Indian peoples whose subjugation was required by the nation's westward march.
- It was expected that Emily would turn in a west-northwesterly direction, but she stayed on her original westward course.
- To the north of the study area, the basal detachment of the Zilair Nappe crops out as an east-dipping calc-mylonitc with abundant kinematic indicators suggesting a westward transport direction.
- The Tampa Bay area fared pretty well, despite Jeanne's westward wiggle.
- We're expecting this westward motion to continue, getting close to Category 3, as early as 8: 00 for tonight.
- The war enhanced American power vis-à-vis Indian tribes in the West and South and thus set the stage for westward expansion after 1815.
- Bird flu's westward move is caused by migrating fowl.
- Fire was used as the great manipulator of the land and its vegetation, a well-known fact to Native Americans, who made use of fire to improve hunting for centuries before the westward migration began.
- SS soldiers blew up the gas chamber and crematorium in early 1945 when the Nazis abandoned the camp in the face of the Soviet army's westward advance.
- Sweden attempted to take advantage of this by blocking Russia's attempted westward expansion towards the Baltic.
- And we should see more of a westward trend as we head into the latter hours this evening and overnight for tonight.
- He ran into the bitter westward winds almost constantly.
- The celebration of rugged individualism during westward expansion in the mid-1800s surely had a lasting influence as well.
- It was once believed that the sun began its westward journey from Taishan and also that reaching the top of Taishan would mean you lived to be 100.
- This is expected to, I think, diminish in strength over the next few days, though the westward push probably won't be as significant.
- Rabaul was crossed off the list of invasion targets; its neutralization by air was to be completed by May 1944, followed by MacArthur's westward advance towards the Vogelkop peninsula of New Guinea.
- Meanwhile, the Democrat eyeing the White House continues his westward swing, heading for Las Vegas at this hour.
- His great interest was in what he called his ‘Enterprise to the Indies’, the search for a westward route to the Orient for trade in spices.
- We think our storm will continue tracking a little bit to the north of west, but it may manage to hold itself on a more westward course and head somewhere along the Florida east coast.
adverb ˈwɛstwədˈwɛstwərd In a westerly direction. 向西 a track leads westwards through the glen 一条向西延伸穿过峡谷的小道。 Example sentencesExamples - They're proposing to extend the zone westwards to Kensington and Chelsea but what about the rest of London.
- I requested that he bring you westwards, that being the direction you were traveling in when we found you.
- And the ocean currents tend to drift westwards on the northern side.
- Continuing our journey westwards, we passed through Vryheid and then turned off the highway once more toward the Blood River.
- But as the disease spreads westwards, the concern about possible human infection has grown.
- I decided to walk westwards along West Vancouver's Seawall, a much quieter version than that of Stanley Park.
- I'm coming to the end of a run of work I have been doing for the BBC and I'll be heading westwards again before the end of the month.
- I resigned myself to recline in the squeaky leather upholstery and enjoy the ensuing ride as we thundered westwards along the Antrim autobahn.
- The suburb of Larapinta will expand westwards again this year, first by 30 blocks and ultimately by 260 blocks.
- And they've put together a golf trail stretching from Edzell down to St Andrews and stretching westwards as far as Perth and Blairgowrie.
- Edmund and Garrett led the Cavalry westwards a few days later.
- Continue westwards over heathery, grassy terrain at a safe distance from the edge of Canna's highest cliffs.
- Hidden away in the rear of a wagon they traveled westwards for many miles until they heard the sound of gulls in flight, smelled the salt air and heard the crashing of the surf.
- The road running westwards through the ramparts led to Chelmsford.
- But why should we look westwards, when we have had our own unforgettable magicians, P.C.Sorcar, for example.
- Looking westwards, the land drops slightly at the Hope River gorge and then rises sharply again in Jacks Hill.
- The avian flu is believed to have moved westwards into central and western Europe as more than 15,000 mute swans fled an unusually cold spell in the Black Sea region.
- The EU estimates that about 370,000 of those could migrate westwards in search of work.
- As the bus continues driving westwards the visitor cannot miss the next holy sight - Xinlu Sea.
- Looking westwards into the distance from the mountain pass, a vast expense of sapphire blue water lies ahead, a first glimpse of Namtso Lake.
Synonyms to the west, westward, westwards, westwardly
noun ˈwɛstwədˈwɛstwərd the westwardA direction or region towards the west. 西方；西部 he sees a light to the westward 他在朝西的方向看到了灯光。 Example sentencesExamples - To the westward, but on their left instead of their right, tombs of great antiquity passed by their gaze.
Derivativesadverb The weather near a continental arid zone is modified by increasing the heat storage of the seas westwardly of the arid zone during the summer. Example sentencesExamples - The decree of the court declares the claim to be valid, to a square of four miles of land on a creek, issuing from the north head of Indian river, westwardly, and running to the north-west.
- He did not recommend driving westwardly as it was feared a large volume of water would be tapped.
- The first appearance of Vernedia in lower Cenomanian rocks of Oregon implies that the genus migrated westwardly across the Pacific into the Old World Tethyan province.
- Thence proceeding westwardly along the south bank of the Cornwallis River to the point of commencement.
Rhymesnorthwestward, southwestward Definition of westward in US English: westwardadjectiveˈwestwərdˈwɛstwərd Toward the west. 向西的 the journey covers eight time zones in a westward direction 旅程向西穿过8个时区。 Example sentencesExamples - Bird flu's westward move is caused by migrating fowl.
- Fire was used as the great manipulator of the land and its vegetation, a well-known fact to Native Americans, who made use of fire to improve hunting for centuries before the westward migration began.
- To the north of the study area, the basal detachment of the Zilair Nappe crops out as an east-dipping calc-mylonitc with abundant kinematic indicators suggesting a westward transport direction.
- We're expecting this westward motion to continue, getting close to Category 3, as early as 8: 00 for tonight.
- The war enhanced American power vis-à-vis Indian tribes in the West and South and thus set the stage for westward expansion after 1815.
- It was once believed that the sun began its westward journey from Taishan and also that reaching the top of Taishan would mean you lived to be 100.
- The celebration of rugged individualism during westward expansion in the mid-1800s surely had a lasting influence as well.
- We think our storm will continue tracking a little bit to the north of west, but it may manage to hold itself on a more westward course and head somewhere along the Florida east coast.
- And we should see more of a westward trend as we head into the latter hours this evening and overnight for tonight.
- Meanwhile, the Democrat eyeing the White House continues his westward swing, heading for Las Vegas at this hour.
- This is expected to, I think, diminish in strength over the next few days, though the westward push probably won't be as significant.
- Sweden attempted to take advantage of this by blocking Russia's attempted westward expansion towards the Baltic.
- It was expected that Emily would turn in a west-northwesterly direction, but she stayed on her original westward course.
- The rate of the westward shift of the centre of population slowed by about one-half in the next half-century. but it continued to edge across Indiana and, by 1950, on to Olney, Illinois.
- The Tampa Bay area fared pretty well, despite Jeanne's westward wiggle.
- He ran into the bitter westward winds almost constantly.
- Some have long disputed the very idea of a frontier of ‘free land’ because of the presence of the numerous Indian peoples whose subjugation was required by the nation's westward march.
- SS soldiers blew up the gas chamber and crematorium in early 1945 when the Nazis abandoned the camp in the face of the Soviet army's westward advance.
- Rabaul was crossed off the list of invasion targets; its neutralization by air was to be completed by May 1944, followed by MacArthur's westward advance towards the Vogelkop peninsula of New Guinea.
- His great interest was in what he called his ‘Enterprise to the Indies’, the search for a westward route to the Orient for trade in spices.
adverbˈwestwərdˈwɛstwərd In a westerly direction. 向西 the vast prairie lands extending from northern Ohio westward Example sentencesExamples - And they've put together a golf trail stretching from Edzell down to St Andrews and stretching westwards as far as Perth and Blairgowrie.
- The EU estimates that about 370,000 of those could migrate westwards in search of work.
- I resigned myself to recline in the squeaky leather upholstery and enjoy the ensuing ride as we thundered westwards along the Antrim autobahn.
- The road running westwards through the ramparts led to Chelmsford.
- But why should we look westwards, when we have had our own unforgettable magicians, P.C.Sorcar, for example.
- Hidden away in the rear of a wagon they traveled westwards for many miles until they heard the sound of gulls in flight, smelled the salt air and heard the crashing of the surf.
- Looking westwards into the distance from the mountain pass, a vast expense of sapphire blue water lies ahead, a first glimpse of Namtso Lake.
- I requested that he bring you westwards, that being the direction you were traveling in when we found you.
- Continuing our journey westwards, we passed through Vryheid and then turned off the highway once more toward the Blood River.
- The suburb of Larapinta will expand westwards again this year, first by 30 blocks and ultimately by 260 blocks.
- They're proposing to extend the zone westwards to Kensington and Chelsea but what about the rest of London.
- I decided to walk westwards along West Vancouver's Seawall, a much quieter version than that of Stanley Park.
- Edmund and Garrett led the Cavalry westwards a few days later.
- Continue westwards over heathery, grassy terrain at a safe distance from the edge of Canna's highest cliffs.
- I'm coming to the end of a run of work I have been doing for the BBC and I'll be heading westwards again before the end of the month.
- The avian flu is believed to have moved westwards into central and western Europe as more than 15,000 mute swans fled an unusually cold spell in the Black Sea region.
- But as the disease spreads westwards, the concern about possible human infection has grown.
- Looking westwards, the land drops slightly at the Hope River gorge and then rises sharply again in Jacks Hill.
- And the ocean currents tend to drift westwards on the northern side.
- As the bus continues driving westwards the visitor cannot miss the next holy sight - Xinlu Sea.
Synonyms to the west, westward, westwards, westwardly
nounˈwestwərdˈwɛstwərd the westwardA direction or region toward the west. 西方；西部 he sees a light to the westward 他在朝西的方向看到了灯光。 Example sentencesExamples - To the westward, but on their left instead of their right, tombs of great antiquity passed by their gaze.
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