英汉词典

west 基本解释

• n. 西；西方；西部
• adj. 西方的；朝西的
• adv. 在西方；向西方；自西方
• n. (West)人名；(英、德、芬、瑞典)韦斯特

west 中文词源

缩写PIE*wes-pero,黄昏，晚上，词源同vesper,来自PIE*we,下降，落下，引申义太阳落山的方向，即西方。

west 英文词源

west

west: [OE] Etymologically, the west may be the direction in which the sun goes ‘down’. Together with German and Dutch west, Swedish väster, and Danish vest, it comes from a prehistoric Germanic *westaz. This in turn was descended from the Indo-European base *wes-, which also produced Latin vesper (source of English vespers) and Greek hesperos ‘evening’ and was related to Sanskrit avas ‘down’. French ouest and Spanish oeste were borrowed from English west, Romanian vest from German west.
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west

Old English west (adv.) "in or toward the west, in a westerly direction," from Proto-Germanic *west- (cognates: Old Norse vestr, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutch west, Old High German -west, only in compounds, German west), from PIE *wes-, reduced form of *wes-pero- "evening, night" (cognates: Greek hesperos, Latin vesper "evening, west;" see vesper). Compare also High German dialectal abend "west," literally "evening." French ouest, Spanish oeste are from English.

As an adjective from late 14c.; as a noun from late 12c. West used in geopolitical sense from World War I (Britain, France, Italy, as opposed to Germany and Austria-Hungary); as contrast to Communist Russia (later to the Soviet bloc) it is first recorded in 1918. West Coast of the U.S. is from 1850; West End of London is from 1776; West Side of Manhattan is from, 1858. The U.S. West "western states and territories" originally (1790s) meant those just west of the Alleghenies; the sense gradually extended as the country grew. To go west "die" was "common during the Great War" [OED, 2nd ed.], perhaps from Celtic imagery or from the notion of the setting sun. In U.S. use, in a literal sense "emigrate to the western states or territories," from 1830.

west 词组搭配

west 英文释义

1. the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees

west 双语例句

1. Big credits were given to East Germany by successive West German governments.

历届西德政府给予东德大量的贷款。

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2. He was headmaster of a public school in the West of England.

他是英格兰西部一所公学的校长。

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3. The government counted 27,600,000 employed persons in West Germany.

据政府统计，西德当时的就业人数为2,760万人。

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4. For a beach resort with a difference, try Key West.

如果想去一个与众不同的海滨度假胜地，那就去基韦斯特吧。

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5. West was wilfully blind to the abuse that took place.

韦斯特对发生的虐待行为故意视而不见。

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west 实用场景例句

Which way is west?

哪边是西？

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Rain is spreading from the west.

雨正从西边袭来。

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He lives to the west of (= further west than) the town.

他住在这个城镇以西的地方。

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I was born in Japan, but I've lived in the West for some years now.

我出生在日本，但已在西方居住了一些年了。

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the history of the American West

美国西部的历史

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East-West relations

东西方关系

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West Africa

西非

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the west coast of Scotland

苏格兰西海岸

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This room faces west.

这个房间朝西。

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I pushed on towards Flagstaff, a hundred miles to the west...

我继续西行，向100英里外的弗拉格斯塔夫进发。

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The sun crosses the sky from east to west.

太阳自东向西穿过天空。

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...physicists working at Bristol University in the west of England.

在英格兰西部的布里斯托尔大学工作的物理学家们

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We are going West to California.

我们西行前往加利福尼亚。

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...their home town of Paisley, several miles west of Glasgow.

他们的家乡佩斯利就在格拉斯哥以西几英里处

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...a small island off the west coast of South Korea.

韩国西海岸外的小岛

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Mark has been working in West Africa for about six months.

马克已在西非工作了约6个月。

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...his West London home.

他在伦敦西部的家

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...relations between Iran and the West.

伊朗和西方国家的关系

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Meetings to revive the failed Doha Round are gathering steam here in Geneva.

使失败的多哈谈判重新恢复的会议在日内瓦高涨.

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Splashdown is expected 300 kilometres west of Valparai so.

溅落位置预定在瓦尔帕来索以西300公里.

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The shop is on the west side of the street.

商店在街道的西边.

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Most foreign trading companies in West Africa deals in rubber, cocoa and vegetable oil.

西非的大多数外贸公司经营橡胶 、 可可和植物油.

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The nearest public conveniences are in West Street.

最近的厕所在西街.

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Many writers, threatened with imprisonment, have defected to the West.

由于有被监禁的威胁, 许多作家投向了西方国家.

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