southwest

英 [ˌsaʊθˈwɛst]

美 [ˌsaʊˈθwɛst]

adv.  向西南方;朝西南; 位于…的西南方;在…的西南
n.  西南;西南方; (地方、国家或地区的)西南部
adj.  西南部的; 西南方的; (风)来自西南方的

BNC.15280 / COCA.3564

柯林斯词典

N-UNCOUNT 西南;西南方
The south-westis the direction which is halfway between south and west.
1. ...the village of Popplewell, some six miles to the south-west.
  位于西南方约6英里处的波普尔维尔村
N-SING (地方、国家或地区的)西南部
The south-west ofa place, country, or region is the part which is towards the south-west.
1. ...the mountains in the south west of the USA.
  美国西南部的山脉
ADV 向西南方;朝西南
If you gosouth-west, you travel towards the south-west.
1. We took a plane south-west across the Anatolian plateau to Cappadocia.
  我们乘飞机向着西南方向越过安纳托利亚高原，前往卡帕多西亚。
ADV 位于…的西南方;在…的西南
Something that issouth-west ofa place is positioned to the south-west of it.
1. ...a gold mine at Orkney, south-west of Johannesburg.
  位于约翰内斯堡西南奥克尼地区的一座金矿
ADJ 西南部的；西南方的
Thesouth-westpart of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the south-west.
1. ...a light aircraft crash near Stranraer in South-West Scotland.
  在苏格兰西南部斯特兰拉尔附近发生的一次轻型飞机的坠机事故
2. ...in the south-west corner of my garden.
  在我家花园的西南角
(风)来自西南方的
Asouth-westwind is a wind that blows from the south-west.

noun

a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city
the compass point midway between south and west
Synonym:sou'-westsouthwestwardSW
the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point

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