North

[nrθ] 美式发音

(noun.) a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city.

(noun.) the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line.

(noun.) British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792).

(noun.) the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees.

(noun.) the direction in which a compass needle points.

(noun.) the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point.

(adj.) situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; 'artists like north light'; 'the north portico' .

(adv.) in a northern direction; 'they earn more up north'; 'Let's go north!'.

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• North and west, the emperor's hands were full. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Fish is one of the principal articles with which the North Americans trade to Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• So on the following day they started north along the shore. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• We owe the railroad chiefly to the needs of the north of England, and there we find the real birth of the locomotive. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• This lost to us the use of his troops for several weeks from the defence of the North. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The wages of labour, however, are much higher in North America than in any part of England. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• General Scott had been unable to get clothing for the troops from the North. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Mercenary creatures ask, 'What is the use of a man's going to the North Pole? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I reckon 'at us manufacturing lads i' th' north is a deal more intelligent, and knaws a deal more nor th' farming folk i' th' south. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The fifth corps reached the North Anna on the afternoon of the 23d, closely followed by the sixth corps. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It passed by Armenia to Asia Minor, Egypt, and North Africa. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The latter was given, as already stated, all troops in North and South Carolina. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• If a delicately made magnet is suspended as in Figure 223, and is allowed to swing freely, it will always assume a definite north and south position. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Moving far to Sherman's right, he succeeded in reaching the railroad about Big Shanty, and moved north on it. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Fort Fisher was situated upon a low, flat peninsula north of Cape Fear River. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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