northwards

英 [ˈnɔːθwədz]

美 [ˈnɔːrθwərdz]

adv.  向北; 朝北

高考CET6

BNC.11689 / COCA.43874

牛津词典

adv.

• 向北；朝北
  towards the north
  1. to go/look/turn northwards
     向北走 / 看 / 掉转

英英释义

adv

• in a northern direction
  1. they earn more up north
  2. Let's go north!
  Synonym:northnortherlynorthward

双语例句

• South korea's defence minister has for the first time said publicly that he believes Mr Kim has the bomb; ambiguity over this point had until now allowed the government to keep the aid and trade flowing northwards.
  韩国国防部首次公开表示他们相信金正日已拥有核武器，一直以来，韩政府对此观点表述含糊，这使得韩政府到现在为止都在为朝方提供贸易援助。
• As the glaciers retreated northwards across europe.
  冰河不断往北面退并越过了欧洲。
• These birds migrate northwards in spring and southwards in fall.
  这些鸟在春天移栖北方，秋天移栖南方。
• Afterwards, the Thames and Scheldt flowed through the gap into the English Channel, but the Meuse and Rhine still flowed northwards.
  在此后，泰晤士河及斯海尔德河流经山口到英伦海峡，但马士河与莱茵河流向仍然向北。
• We were sailing northwards.
  （当时）我们正在向北航行。
• A team of Danish researchers, heading northwards on a Swedish ice-breaker, has just set sail from Norway.
  一队丹麦研究人员刚刚乘着一艘瑞典破冰船从挪威向北起航。
• Somali border to a depth of60km and the coast from Lamu northwards.
  从拉穆海岸向北至索马里边境60公里范围。
• But, in the longer term, a melting of snow and ice might allow more southerly spider species to march northwards.
  不过，从长远角度看，（北极）冰雪的融化也有可能促使生活在相对靠南地区的蜘蛛向北方迁移。
• The horizontal deformation also indicates that Indian plate has driven northwards by a value of 49.8mm/a.
  水平形变还表明，印度板块以49.8mm/a向北推进。
• European merchants coming northwards via the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea, particularly the Portuguese and British, traded extensively through Guangzhou.
  欧洲商人，特别是葡萄牙和英国的商人跋山涉水，经过马六甲海峡、南中国海，到达广州进行贸易。