eastward

英 [ˈiːstwəd]

美 [ˈiːstwərd]

adj.  朝东的; 向东方的
adv.  向东; 朝东方
n.  东方，东部

CET6

BNC.19716 / COCA.14236

柯林斯词典

• ADV 向东地;朝东地
  Eastwardoreastwardsmeans towards the east.
  1. A powerful snow storm is moving eastward...
     一场强暴风雪正在东移。
  2. They were pressing on eastwards towards the city's small airfield.
     他们继续向东朝该市的小机场推进。
  3. Eastwardis also an adjective.
     
  4. ...the eastward expansion of the City of London.
     伦敦城向东的扩展

英英释义

noun

• the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
  Synonym:eastdue eastE

adj

• moving toward the east
  1. eastbound trains
  Synonym:eastbound

adv

• toward the east
  1. they migrated eastward to Sweden
  Synonym:eastwards

双语例句

• Desert land stretches eastward across Arabia into Central Asia.
  沙漠地带向东延伸经阿拉伯而至中亚。
• It provided the only access westward for the Chinese Empire and eastward for western nationalities.
  它提供的唯一通道向西的中华帝国，并向东西方国家。
• To the south, the world is bounded by an infinitely long horizontal wall extending eastward.
  在南面，世界是有界无限长水平由东城墙延伸。
• The Union Pacific Railroad started building westward from Omaha while the central Pacific railroad built eastward from Sacramento.
  当时，联合太平洋铁路公司（UnionPacificRailroad）开始从奥马哈向西修建铁路，而中央太平洋铁路公司（CentralPacificRailroad）则从萨克拉门托向东修建铁路。
• There is a thin crescent in the western sky at sunset which moves eastward.
  在太阳落下时，一个弯弯的月牙挂在西边，逐渐向东移动。
• A powerful snow storm is moving eastward
  一场强暴风雪正在东移。
• Several hundred miles eastward from Florida there is a part of the ocean called the Sargasso Sea.
  从佛罗里达半岛往东几百英里，大洋的那一小部分水域被称为马尾藻海。
• We are traveling eastward.
  我们在朝东旅行。
• Instead, they retreated eastward, burning their crops and homes as they went.
  相反，他们一路东撤，沿途焚毁庄稼和民居。
• Only Russia had any freedom to expand eastward.
  只有俄国能够自由地向东拓宽。