north-east

adv

1. to, toward, or in the northeast

Synonym: northeastnor'-east

1. 东北;东北方
The north-east is the direction which is halfway between north and east.

e.g. The land to the north-east fell away into meadows.
陆地向东北方向倾斜延伸成了牧场。

2. 东北部;东北部地区
The north-east of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the north-east.

e.g. The north-east, with 60 million people, is the most densely populated part of the United States...
有6,000万人口的东北部是美国人口最稠密的地区。
e.g. They're all from Newcastle in the North East of England.
他们都来自英格兰东北部的纽卡斯尔。

3. 向东北
If you go north-east, you travel towards the north-east.

e.g. The streets were jammed with slow moving traffic, army convoys moving north-east.
军车队向东北方向行驶，致使街道上车流缓慢，交通拥挤。

4. 在东北
Something that is north-east of a place is positioned to the north-east of it.

north-east的解释

e.g. This latest attack was at Careysburg, twenty miles north-east of the capital, Monrovia.
最近的这次袭击发生在首都蒙罗维亚东北20英里处的凯里斯堡。

5. 在东北的;东北部的;向东北的;面朝东北的
The north-east edge, corner, or part of a place is the part which is towards the north-east.

e.g. These islands of the north-east coast can only be reached in small boats.
东北部沿海的这些岛屿只有坐小船才能抵达。
e.g. ...Waltham Abbey on the north-east outskirts of London.
位于伦敦东北市郊的沃尔瑟姆修道院

6. (风)从东北方吹来的
A north-east wind is a wind that blows from the north-east.

e.g. By 9.15 a bitter north-east wind was blowing.
9点15分时刮起了寒冷的东北风。