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

• 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。
• Eastward even this shallow awareness dimmed.
  一路往东，连这点肤浅的战时意识也淡薄下去了。
• A river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River.
  堪萨斯州东北的一条河流；东流成为密苏里河的一条支流。
• 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。
• If I lose the glare of Havana we must be going more to the eastward, he thought.
  如果我就此看不见哈瓦那炫目的灯光，我们一定是到了更东的地方，他想。
• We sailed eastward from New York to southampton.
  我们从纽约向东航行至南安普顿。
• The crowd is heading eastward, believing that they can find gold there.
  人群正在向东移去，他们认为在那里可以找到黄金。
• 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。
• Thence the trains eastward run frequently to Chicago and New York.
  那里的火车线路很多，四通八达，往来频繁，可以到芝加哥和纽约。
• The longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea.
  英国最长的河流；向东流经伦敦，流入北海。