northwest
西北,西北地区,西北部,西北方
Definitions
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- : a point on the compass midway between north and west. Abbreviation: NW
- : a region in this direction.
- : the Northwest, the northwestern part of the United States, especially Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.the northwestern part of the United States when its western boundary was the Mississippi River.the northwestern part of Canada.
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- : coming from the northwest: a northwest wind.
- : directed toward the northwest: sailing a northwest course.
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- : from the northwest.
- : toward the northwest: sailing northwest.
Examples
Late this afternoon, winds should pick up from the northwest.
Greene was elected in November to represent a conservative district in northwest Georgia after her opponent Kevin Van Ausdal dropped out, citing personal reasons.
Ideally, you want a cold high-pressure system to our north or northwest to help supply and sustain cold air.
The northwest campus of the University of Washington Medical Center is a short drive from my house.
The National Weather Service, which has issued a winter storm warning for much of the region, is also calling for four to eight inches of snow close to Washington but six to 12 inches to the north and northwest.
Still, at least Macklemore sounds like a white guy from the Pacific Northwest.
When, in succession, he made Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963).
There was a logic to it – many of the wines were from the Pacific Northwest, principally from Oregon and Washington state.
Al Ghabban compared one of these sites, Tayma, in the northwest, to New York City, and another one, Thaj, to Dubai.
The Spanish press reports that she is originally from Galicia in northwest Spain.
Now, the whole Northwest groaned beneath a cast-iron prohibition law at that time, and for some years thereafter.