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

• A Numerical Study of the Effect of Anomalous Surface Heating in the Kuroshio Current Region in Winter on the East Asian Subtropical Westerly Jet
  冬季黑潮暖流区加热异常对东亚副热带西风急流影响的数值研究
• 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。
• The results also show that the SST intraseasonal oscillation is closely related to the U-component of the wind which is in connection with the westerly burst.
  分析表明：南海水温季节内振荡与南海纬向风分量u的振荡密切相关。
• By contrast, the more westerly Fed banks were a little more optimistic, with Minneapolis, Dallas and San Francisco all reporting "moderate" or "modest" growth.
  相比之下，西部的储备银行更乐观一些，明尼阿波利斯、达拉斯和旧金山储备银行全都报告了“一般”或“小幅”的增长。
• 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 western arid zone in china is a region for interactions between westerly and monsoon climate, and responds sensitively to global climate change.
  西部干旱区是西风带气候和季风气候的相互作用区，对全球气候变化敏感响应。
• The town is kept cool by the prevailing westerly winds.
  由于西风盛行，这个城镇很凉爽。
• 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。
• We began to steer away westerly-Daniel Defoe.
  我们开始向西航行-丹尼尔.笛福。
• Under conditions of easterly flow, therefore, or very large westerly flow no vertical propagation will occur.
  所以在东向气流或很大的西向气流的情况下，将不发生垂直传播。