north

英 [nɔːθ] 美 [nɔːrθ]

• adj. 北方的；北的
• adv. 向北方
• n. 北方；北

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [S][U]北,北方,北部

   the direction which is up from the centre line of the Earth; the direction which is on the left of a person facing the rising sun

adj. (形容词)

1. [A]北方的,北部的

   in the north of facing the north

2. [A](风)来自北方的

   (of a wind)coming from the north

adv. (副词)

1. 向北方

   towards the north

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 北方的，北部的，北的
2. 向北的，朝北的
3. 在北方的
4. 北风的
5. 北方吹来的
6. 从北面来的，来自北方的

adv. 副词

1. 在北方
2. 向北方
3. 自北方
4. 向北，朝北
5. 到北方

n. 名词

1. 北方，北
2. 北部
3. 北半球
4. 美国北部各州
5. 北风
6. 北方先进国家，北半球经济发达国家
7. 北极地区
8. 北部各州，北部地区
9. 诺斯（音译名）
10. 英国北部
11. 诺思（音译名）
12. 《北方每日邮报》

英英释义

Noun:

1. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

2. the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War);

   "he has visited every state in the Union"
   "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"
   "the North's superior resources turned the scale"
   

3. the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees

4. a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city

5. the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point

6. the direction in which a compass needle points

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

Adjective:

1. situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north;

   "artists like north light"
   "the north portico"
   

Adverb:

1. in a northern direction;

   "they earn more up north"
   "Let's go north!"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Such fish is rarely met with in the north country.
   这种鱼在北方难得看到。
2. North America has the world's best climate for wild grapes.
   北美的气候是世界上最适合野生葡萄生长的。

用作副词 (adv.)

1. The river turns north at this point.
   这条河从这里转向北方。
2. The river near the woods tends north.
   树林边的河流向北方。
3. It is unnatural for birds to fly north in the winter.
   鸟儿在冬天飞向北方是反常的。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Our course was straight to the north.
   我们是朝正北方向航行。
2. The wasteland of the north is scarcely populated.
   北方的大荒原地广人稀。
3. The wind has veered round to the north recently.
   近日风向已转北了。
4. South is opposite north on a compass.
   罗盘上南与北是相对的。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The centre of the U.S. economy shifted from the agrarian areas to the industrial centres in the north.
   美国的经济重心由农村转到北方的工业中心。
2. A child born in the far north is soon conditioned to the long cold dark winters.
   出生在北部边远地区的孩子很快就习惯于那漫长、寒冷、阴暗的冬季。
3. The needle of a compass points to the north.
   罗盘的指针指向北方。
4. The US is bounded on the north by Canada and on the south by Mexico.
   美国北面与加拿大接壤,南面与墨西哥毗连。
5. He runs toward north.
   他向北跑。
6. The wind suddenly changed round from west to north, bringing with the threat of snow.
   风向突然由西转北,怕要下雪了。
7. The North defeated the South in 1865.
   北方在1865年打败了南方。
8. Mexico is in the South of North America.
   墨西哥在北美的南部。

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. Such fish are rarely met with in the north country.
   这种鱼在北方难得看到。
2. The Great Wall has great gateways which connect the main roads of north China.
   长城有许多关口,这些关口与华北的主要道路相连。
3. Has the North Pole been fully explored yet?
   北极已被全面勘探了吗?
4. The sea has eaten into the north shore.
   海水侵蚀了北岸。
5. With the coming of the night, the north wind was again released.
   夜幕降临,北风又刮起来了。
6. They fenced the seedbeds from the north wind.
   他们为苗床筑篱挡住北风。

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

1. The car steered north.
   汽车朝北驶去。
2. You are heading north.
   你们在往北行进。
3. The train is going north.
   列车向北行驶。

经典引文

• Lying but eighteen miles north from Oxford.

  出自： J. Sprigge

• If you will take my advice, come up north.

  出自： F. A. Steel

• I had to go north by an earlier train from Euston.

  出自： J. Buchan

• Usually the canal flows north, but today it was completely still.

  出自： I. McEwan

常用短语

用作副词 (adv.)

up north

去北部 to or in the north of the country

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• lie on the north 位于北方
• lie to the north of 位于…以北

形容词+～

• cold north 寒冷的北方
• due north 正北
• far north 最北方
• true north 正北

介词+～

• at the north of 在…的北部
• wind from the north 北风
• on the north of 在…的北面
• to the north of 在…北方(之外)up north 向北方,在北方

～+介词

• north by east 北偏东
• north by west 北偏西
• north of 在…之北
• north of China 在中国的北方
• north of Shanghai 上海的北部
• north of the United States 美国的北部

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• north pole 北极
• N- Africa 北非
• N- America 北美
• N- Star 北极星
• north window 朝北开的窗口
• the north China 华北
• the north End 北区
• the north Side 北区

用作副词 (adv.)

动词+～

• go north 向北去
• head north 向北进发
• steer north 朝北驶去

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. north的基本意思是“北,北方,北部”,通常用作单数名词或不可数名词。
2. north在表示方向时,其前不加定冠词,若表示方位,其前需加定冠词。
3. the North在美语中指华盛顿特区以北的东部地区。
4. “东南西北”在英语中的序是North,South,East,West。

adj. (形容词)

1. north用作形容词时,意思是“北方的,北部的,来自北方的”,是定语形容词,在句中只用作定语。
2. north如所修饰的名词是地理名词,则其前不加冠词,如是普通名词,则其前加冠词。

adv. (副词)

1. north用作副词时意思是“向北方”,多修饰动态动词。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

in the north, on the north, to the north

• 这三个短语都译为“在…的北部”,其区别在于：in the north表示“在某区域的北部”; on the north表示“在接壤区的北面”; to the north表示“在不接壤区的北面”。例如:
• Heilongjiang Province is in the north of China.
• 黑龙江省地处中国的北部。
• Heilongjiang Province is on the north of Jilin Province.
• 黑龙江省地处吉林省的北面。
• Heilongjiang Province is to the north of Henan Province.
• 黑龙江省地处河南省的北面。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 他因公出差到北方去了。

   误 He travelled to north for business.

   正 He travelled to the north for business.

   析 north作为方位名词,其前须加the。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的north，意为向北的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• northern

【反义词】

• south