easterly

英 [ˈiːstəli]

美 [ˈiːstərli]

adj.  东方的; 向东的; 东部的; 从东方吹来的
n.  东风

复数：easterlies　

BNC.20769 / COCA.27064

牛津词典

adj.

• 东方的；向东的；东部的
  in or towards the east
  1. travelling in an easterly direction
     向东旅行
• 从东方吹来的
  blowing from the east
  1. a cold easterly wind
     寒冷的东风

noun

• 东风
  a wind that blows from the east

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 东的;向东的
  Aneasterlypoint, area, or direction is to the east or towards the east.
  1. He progressed slowly along the coast in an easterly direction.
     他沿着海岸慢慢向东前行。
• ADJ （风）从东方吹来的；东风的
  Aneasterlywind is a wind that blows from the east.
  1. ...the cold easterly winds from Scandinavia.
     来自斯堪的纳维亚的寒冷东风

英英释义

noun

• a wind from the east
  Synonym:east windeaster

adj

• from the east
  1. an eastern wind
  2. the winds are easterly
  Synonym:eastern
• lying in or toward the east
  1. the east side of New York
  2. eastern cities
  Synonym:eastern

adv

• from the east
  1. the winds blew easterly all night

双语例句

• But there was an added drag now from the easterly breeze and the old man rode gently with the small sea and the hurt of the cord across his back came to him easily and smoothly.
  不过这时东风给船增加了一份阻力，老人随着不大的海浪缓缓漂流，钓索勒在他背上的感觉变得舒适而温和些了。
• William Easterly argues that "big pushes", such as those proposed by Jeffrey Sachs and the UN, never work, and argues instead for a series of "little pushes".
  威廉伊斯特利认为，诸如由杰弗里萨克斯及联合国提出的那些“大举措”从未取得成效，反倒是一系列“小举措”颇见成效。
• An easterly gale blew up, making the birds fly low.
  一阵席卷而来的东风使鸟飞低。
• It is indicated that the central intensity and location of tropical easterly jet are stronger and more southerly in drought years than in flood years.
  旱年类与涝年类相比，热带东风急流强度偏强，纬度位置偏南；
• I remembered that the most easterly of the rivers which drain into captain kidd's anchorage ran from the two-peaked Hill upon my left;
  我记得流入基德船长锚地的几条小河中，最东面的一条就是从我左边那座有两个山峰的山上流下来的。
• The winds blew easterly all night.
  整个夜晚都刮着东风。
• In addition, we also walked along the junction of the North American Plate and the easterly downward-moving Pacific Plate.
  除此之外，我们也走在北美板块和向东下陷的太平洋板块交接处。
• With prevailing easterly winds blowing in the background, significant windshear may develop along the runways.
  在背景风普遍为东风的情况下，机场跑道可能出现显著的风切变。
• We walked out to the most easterly point of the ridge.
  我们一路走到山脊的最东点。
• 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。