| [/west; wɛst/] n [sing] (abbr 缩写 W) 用法:
1 the west point on the horizon where the sun sets; one of the four main points of the compass 西; 西方:
The rain is coming from the west. 这场雨是从西面来的. *
Bristol is in the west of England. 布里斯托尔位於英格兰的西部. *
She lives to the west of (ie further west than) Glasgow. 她住在格拉斯哥以西的地方. Cf 参看 east, north, south.2 the West (a) the non-Communist countries of Europe and America 西方国家（欧美非共产党执政的国家）.
(b) Europe, contrasted with Oriental countries 西方（欧洲, 与东方国家相对照）. 用法:
3 the West the western side of the USA 美国西部:
She's lived in the West (eg California) for ten years now. 她在西部（如加利福尼亚州）到现在已住了十年了. 用法:
4 (idm 习语) go `west (dated sl 旧, 俚) be destroyed, used up, ruined, etc 完蛋; 用光; 毁灭; 归西; 上西天:
There was a fire, and five years of research work went west. 失了一场火, 五年的研究工作毁於一旦. west 2
adj [attrib 作定语] 用法:
1 in or towards the west 在西方的; 向西方的; 朝西的:
the west side of London 伦敦的西部. 用法:
2 (of winds) blowing from the west （指风）来自西方的. Cf 参看 westerly. west 3
adv towards the west 向西方:
travel west 向西方行进 *
three miles west of here 从这里向西三英里 *
The building faces west. 这座建筑物面朝西. |