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单词 northward
释义
northward
adverb
uk
/ˈnɔːθ.wəd/us
/ˈnɔːrθ.wɚd/
(alsonorthwards)
towards thenorth:
Thedustfrom thevolcanospreadnorthward.火山灰向北扩散。
Theplaneturnednorthwards.飞机调头向北飞。
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Points of the compass
  • cardinal point
  • compass reading
  • compass rose
  • E, e
  • easterly
  • eastern
  • easternmost
  • geomagnetic pole
  • magnetic north
  • northeastern
  • northeastward
  • northerly
  • northern
  • northernmost
  • southeastern
  • southern
  • southwestern
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northward
adjective
uk
/ˈnɔːθ.wəd/us
/ˈnɔːrθ.wɚd/
towards thenorth:
向北的，朝北的
Shedroveoff in a northwarddirection.她驱车向北而去。
Compare
northbound
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Points of the compass
  • cardinal point
  • compass reading
  • compass rose
  • E, e
  • easterly
  • eastern
  • easternmost
  • geomagnetic pole
  • magnetic north
  • northeastern
  • northeastward
  • northerly
  • northern
  • northernmost
  • southeastern
  • southern
  • southwestern
  • true north
  • western
  • westernmost
See more results »
(Definition ofnorthwardfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

northward| American Dictionary

northward
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈnɔrθ·wərd/
toward thenorth:
northwardmigration

northward

adverb[not gradable]us
/ˈnɔrθ·wərd/(alsonorthwards,us/ˈnɔrθ·wərdz/)
Heheadednorthward.
(Definition ofnorthwardfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnorthward

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Chaotic and speculative expansion spread northwards as well as westwards with the crisis of subsistence in the countryside.
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Two tunnelling shields are in use so that in each tunnel one can be driven southwards and the other northwards at the same time.
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There is a need for people to turn left when they come through the tunnel rather than to carry on northwards.
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All structures are presented at approximatenorthwardorientation and at the same scale.
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Thenorthwarddisplacement, v(), of is the height of the terminal point minus the height of the initial point.
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The cyclone is created when a mass of warm air intrudesnorthwardinto a large mass of cold air.
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No data were obtained on its prevalence in older animals of mixed herds migratingnorthwardin spring.
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The directions are reversed when the wind stress has anorthwardcomponent.
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Several other courts martial were held during thenorthwardvoyage.
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Our men traversed it, and from the other side was seen an open sea as far as the eye could reach to thenorthward.
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Since the early 1930s, the development of the national highway system took priority over the railroad and followed the samenorthwardorientation.
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Probably the trajectory of the suture was folded around the nose of thenorthward-thrusted allochthon.
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Goingnorthward, we find the staurolite isograd lying under the kyanite isograd while the latter lies under the sillimanite isograd.
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Interaction between these vortices induces in the central region relatively weak almost rectilinear flow advecting the main vortexnorthward.
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He also noticed that the stars one can see vary as one movesnorthwardor southward.
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