| 单词 | east |
| 释义 | Word family noun east easterner easterly adjective east easterly eastern eastbound easternmost eastward adverb east eastward(s) Related topics: Geographyeast1, East /iːst/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [singular, uncountable] (written abbreviation E) 1 SGthe direction from which the sun rises, and which is on the right if you are facing north 东，东方 Which way is east? 哪边是东？from/towards the east He turned and walked away towards the east. 他转身往东走去。to the east (of something) To the east of the pier were miles of sandy beaches. 码头的东面是数英里的沙滩。2 the east SGthe eastern part of a country or area 〔国家或地区的〕东部 housing problems in the east 东部的住房问题the east of the east of Scotland 苏格兰东部Examples from the Corpuseast• Violent incidents in east Incidents of serious violence continued in ethnically mixed eastern areas.• The Knights Panther trace their origins to the wars against Araby when returning crusaders brought back outlandish animals from the east.• It is light turquoise in the east, grading to deep, dark, brilliant blue in the west.from/towards the east• The principal rivers of the Empire flow from the east to the west, and as they converge they become greater still.• The inspiration for the first stones seems to come less from the East than from Bronze-age pieces found and imitated.• She also helped set up a convalescent home for patients from the East End after the cholera epidemic of 1867.• There are some who dismiss the notion that results from the East will have much effect on California.• A wind sprang from the east, an idea of rain, sudden, pervading the air.• A couple of anachronisms fighting it out here while real life moved in on them from the east almost unnoticed.Related topics: Geography, Natureeast2, East ●●● S3 W3 adjective [only before noun] (written abbreviation E) 1 SGin the east or facing the east 在东方的，东部的；向东的 I don’t know the east coast well. 我不太熟悉东海岸。 He was born in East Jerusalem. 他出生在东耶路撒冷。2. DNan east wind comes from the east 〔风〕来自东方的Examples from the Corpuseast• We sailed down the east coast of the island.Related topics: Geographyeast3 ●●● S2 W2 adverb 1 SGtowards the east 向东方，朝东面 We drove east along Brooklyn Avenue. 我们沿布鲁克林大街往东行驶。east of a small farming community 18 miles east of Paris 巴黎以东18英里处的一个小型农业社区 an east-facing bedroom 朝东的卧室2 out east to or in the countries in Asia, especially China and Japan 去[在]东方〔指亚洲国家，尤指中国和日本〕 The drug is being used all the time out east. 这药一直在东方使用。Examples from the Corpuseast• The apartment faces east.• He lived on the homestead only a short time, then went back east.• One by one, those around her also decided to go back east.• The Midwest really begins just east of Berkeley.• Nearly 300 congregants -- a virtual rainbow coalition -- are gathered in impermanent rented quarters a mile east of Beverly Hills.• Go east on I-80 to Omaha.east of• The town is 12 miles east of Portland.• The rebel strongholds are located in the east of the republic.East noun 1 the East a) SANthe countries in Asia, especially China and Japan 亚洲国家，东方国家〔尤指中国和日本〕 Martial arts originated in the East. 武术起源于东方国家。 b) SANthe countries in the eastern part of Europe and Central Asia 东欧和中亚国家 American relations with the East. 美国和东欧及中亚国家的关系 c) American EnglishSG the part of the US east of the Mississippi River, especially the states north of Washington DC 美国东部地区〔密西西比河以东地区，尤指华盛顿特区以北各州〕 She was born in the East but now lives in Atlanta. 她生在东部，但现在住在亚特兰大。 He was born in Utah but went to college back East. 他生在犹他州，但到东部上的大学。2. East-West relations/trade etc SARpolitical relations etc between countries in eastern Europe and those in western Europe and North America 东西方关系/贸易等〔指东欧国家与西欧及北美洲国家之间的政治关系等〕 → Far East, Middle East, Near EastExamples from the CorpusEast• A little jingle in his head: East is east and lost is lost..• Some of those children live in the Crossroads shelter in East Boston.• A lavish East End funeral is in prospect.• Its real origins lie deep in the immemorial history of the Near East.• The Triborough Bridge was reported to be slow because of potholes while traffic on the other East River crossings was moving.• Not many people will recognize him amid the East Room crowd.• In the East, they have understood the need to put their internal world in order.Origin east1 Old Englisheast1 nouneast2 adjectiveeast3 adverbEast nounChinese sun rises, the Corpus which and from which direction the |
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