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east的意思_音标_例句

east

音标

英 /iːst/,美 /iːst/

基本释义

名词 (n.)

方向:指太阳升起的方向,是罗盘上的四个基本方向之一。
例:The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.(太阳从东方升起,西方落下)

地区:某个区域的东部或东方国家。
例:China is in the east of the world.(中国位于世界的东方)

特定区域:首字母大写时(the East)可指“东欧共产主义国家”(20世纪90年代前)、“东方国家”(如东亚、中东)或“美国东部”等。
例:East-West relations(东西方关系)

形容词 (adj.)

东方的;东部的:位于或朝向东方的。
例:Cambridge is in East Anglia.(剑桥位于东英格兰)

来自东方的:如“东风”(east wind)。
例:The east wind is usually quite cold.(东风通常比较寒冷)

副词 (adv.)

向东;朝东:表示方向,意为“朝着东方”。
例:We'll drive east for a few more miles, then turn south.(我们再向东开几英里,然后转弯向南)
例:We walked due east for two kilometres.(我们向正东方向走了两公里)

短语搭配

地理区域

East Asia(东亚)

East Africa(东非)

Middle East(中东)

Far East(远东)

方位表达

in the east of(在…东部,内部)

to the east of(在…以东,外部)

on the east coast(在东海岸)

其他常见搭配

east wind(东风)

east side(东侧)

east-northeast(东北偏东)

例句

Which way is east?(哪边是东?)

Her home is in the east of France.(她的家在法国东部。)

The garden faces east, so we'll get the morning sun.(花园朝东,所以上午我们可以享受到阳光。)

They were the first people to travel east of the mountains.(他们是第一批到达此山脉以东地区的人。)

A gale was blowing from the east.(大风从东面吹来。)

He had been on safari in East Africa with his son.(他曾和他儿子到东非游猎。)

The house faces east.(房子朝东。)

Rivers meander across this lowland from the west to the east.(河流从西向东蜿蜒穿过这片低地。)

Take the east road, it's the shortest way.(走东边这条路吧,这是最近的路。)

Every so often, a new martial art arrives from the East.(时而会从东方传来一种新的武术。)

从太阳升起的方向到地缘政治中的“东方”,east一词承载着空间与文化的双重含义。你还能想到哪些与east相关的地理或文化概念?

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