| 单词 | windward |
| 释义 | windward adjective geography,environmentspecializeduk/ˈwɪnd.wəd/us/ˈwɪnd.wɚd/(on thesideof ahill, etc.)facingthewind: 迎风的；向风的On the windwardlegof theyachtracethewindwasstrong.在比赛顶风的一段赛程，风刮得非常猛。 Compare leewardspecialized Wind & winds
windward| American Dictionarywindward adjective,adverb us/ˈwɪnd·wərd/earth science toward orturnedtoward thedirectionfrom which thewindisblowing Examplesofwindwardwindward If she was a well-designed ship, better than her companions, then this process of luffing would eventually take her up towindwardof the fleet. From theCambridge English Corpus Such hills facedwindwardand therefore tended to be uncomfortably cold at all times. From theCambridge English Corpus South: the door structure presents awindwardimpact front because of its vertical structure. 16g. From theCambridge English Corpus Pottery to be fired is placed downwind, and brush or other materials are placedwindwardin the trench. From theCambridge English Corpus The rugged relief supports marked local variations in rainfall between thewindward(east) and leeward (west) sides. From theCambridge English Corpus Note that, since the pressures acting on thewindwardside only are taken into account, there is a net pitching moment for 0" incidence. From theCambridge English Corpus Accordingly, the predominantly east-facing sides of each island were designated aswindwardand the predominantly west-facing sides were designated as leeward. From theCambridge English Corpus The flow along this axis of symmetry, weaker on the leeward than thewindwardside in relation to the source position, is in the nature of a thin circular jet. From theCambridge English Corpus But continued reference to thewindwardside of the hill or ridge as a location reserved for evil reinforced the taboo against setting homesteads on that side of the hill. From theCambridge English Corpus We see at once that the axial velocity is increased outside the pipe and jet in thewindwardand leeward quadrants and decreased in the lateral quadrants. From theCambridge English Corpus The clinic pointed out that it is high on a hillside, tucked away round the bend of a hill, on the lee side and not on thewindwardside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, it was on thewindwardside of part of my constituency so it was not long before many of my constituents complained about the smell. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Vincent we were able to see both thewindwardand leeward sides of the island and to talk with officials and the ordinary people up and down the island. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In mountainous areas, heavy precipitation is possible where upslope flow is maximized withinwindwardsides of the terrain at elevation. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When under way, the pump can be used to fill thewindwardside, while the lee side is allowed to drain. 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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