| 单词 | leeward |
| 释义 | leeward adjective sailing,geographyspecializeduk/ˈliː.wəd/us/ˈliː.wɚd/(on thesideof aship, etc.)facingaway from thewind 逆风的，背风的，下风的Opposite windwardspecialized Wind & winds
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Geography: hills & mountains leeward| American Dictionaryleeward adjective,adverb us/ˈli·wərd,ˈlu·ərd/earth science on thesideaway from thewind, or in thedirectiontoward which thewindisblowing Examplesofleewardleeward As pointed out earlier, the decay rate at the waveward side is in general much slower than that of theleewardside. From theCambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, the decades-long drop in fire frequency and extent inleewardzones has probably allowed fuels to accumulate. From theCambridge English Corpus We analysed variation in fire frequency by climate, elevation and aspect (windward andleewardof the central massif). From theCambridge English Corpus In the drierleewardareas, however, fire frequency and extent appear lower than pre-1900 levels. From theCambridge English Corpus Zones (windward andleeward) were designated in respect to the central massif whose orographic influences result in a marked precipitation gradient. From theCambridge English Corpus The porosity in-uenced drag and wind speedleewardof the windbreaks drastically. From theCambridge English Corpus The rugged relief supports marked local variations in rainfall between the windward (east) andleeward(west) sides. From theCambridge English Corpus Accordingly, the predominantly east-facing sides of each island were designated as windward and the predominantly west-facing sides were designated asleeward. From theCambridge English Corpus The flow along this axis of symmetry, weaker on theleewardthan the windward side in relation to the source position, is in the nature of a thin circular jet. From theCambridge English Corpus The flow was divided into two different modes, each describing different interactions of the incident shock and transmitted shock on theleewardside of the ellipse. From theCambridge English Corpus We see at once that the axial velocity is increased outside the pipe and jet in the windward andleewardquadrants and decreased in the lateral quadrants. From theCambridge English Corpus Its purpose is to accelerate the mass of air so as to increase the distance of theleewardarea eddy, which also helps to cool the patios. From theCambridge English Corpus I would observe that there is a tendency in applying the law as it stands to go steadily to leewards in the matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The towers are constructed in two rows of four, and it was three of the towers in the row on theleewardside from the wind which collapsed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Here again the reference point from which a shore is viewed determines whether it is the lee shore or aleewardshore. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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