westerly

英 [ˈwestəli]

美 [ˈwestərli]

adj.  西方的; 向西的; 西部的; 从西方吹来的
n.  西风

复数：westerlies　

BNC.20807 / COCA.25979

牛津词典

adj.

• 西方的；向西的；西部的
  in or towards the west
  1. travelling in a westerly direction
     向西行进
• 从西方吹来的
  blowing from the west
  1. westerly gales
     从西面刮来的大风

noun

• 西风
  a wind that blows from the west
  1. light westerlies
     微微的西风

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 西部的;向西的
  Awesterlypoint, area, or direction is to the west or towards the west.
  1. ...Finisterre, Spain's most westerly point...
     坐落在西班牙最西端的菲尼斯特雷
  2. They set out in a westerly direction along the riverbank.
     他们沿着河岸向西出发了。
• ADJ (风)从西方吹来的
  Awesterlywind blows from the west.
  1. ...a prevailing westerly wind.
     盛行西风

双语例句

• In advance, or to the east, of the MJO enhanced activity, winds aloft are westerly.
  而在MJO的后面，或者是西面，高空风是向东的，并且降水增强。
• The prevailing westerly will reinstitute themselves along the new Equator, curling away from the Equator as they do today, and returning.
  沿着赤道处会再次出现盛行的西风，和今日一样，从赤道处卷曲飘荡并返回来。
• The town is kept cool by the prevailing westerly winds.
  由于西风盛行，这个城镇很凉爽。
• Comparison of Annual Temperature Change Characteristics in Northwest Westerly Region and Eastern Monsoon Region
  西北西风区与东部季风区年气温变化特征对比分析
• Highresolution data from numerical model simulation are used to study the ageostrophic characteristics of shortterm process of East Asian subtropical westerly jet in summer.
  利用数值模式的高分辨率模拟结果研究了夏季东亚副热带西风急流短期强度变化过程中的非地转平衡特征。
• Whenever the weather forecast predicts northerly winds, the winds are westerly in my place. why?
  为什么天气预报说吹北风时，我居住地方的风向却是西风？
• Westerly winds have strengthened since the1960s.
  20世纪60年代以来，西风变得更强。
• India is experiencing Loo winds, hot and dry westerly gusts from Pakistan and northwest India which dries out the region, according to CNN meteorologist Monica Garrett.
  根据CNN气象学家莫妮卡·加勒特说，印度正经历着来自印度西北部以及巴基斯坦又热又干的西风，也就是洛风，导致气候干旱。
• We were standing on the most westerly point of england.
  我们当时正站在英格兰的最西端。
• During the monsoon onset period, the westerly jet becomes weaker due to its moving away from Gaize to the north.
  季风爆发阶段西风急流逐渐离开改则地区并向高原北部移动，在该地区表现为减弱。