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词汇 west wind
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Definition of west wind in English:

west wind

noun ˌwɛst ˈwɪnd
  • 1A wind blowing from the west.

  • 2Mah-jong. Usually with capital initials. Any one of the four tiles representing this wind. Also: the player who draws such a tile at the outset of a game, or who succeeds to this designation at a later stage.

Origin

Old English; earliest use found in Bede's Ecclesiastical History. From the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of west + wind. Compare Dutch westwind, Middle Low German westwind, German Westwind.

Definition of west wind in US English:

west wind

nounˌwɛst ˈwɪnd
  • 1A wind blowing from the west.

  • 2Mah-jong. Usually with capital initials. Any one of the four tiles representing this wind. Also: the player who draws such a tile at the outset of a game, or who succeeds to this designation at a later stage.

Origin

Old English; earliest use found in Bede's Ecclesiastical History. From the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of west + wind. Compare Dutch westwind, Middle Low German westwind, German Westwind.

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