英汉词典

north 基本解释

• n. 北，北方
• adj. 北方的；朝北的
• adv. 在北方，向北方

north 中文词源

来自古英语north,北方，可能来自PIE*ner,下边，左边，来自PIE*ni,向下，下方，词源同beneath,nether.即人面向太阳升起的方向时左手所对应的方位。比较south,词源同sun.

north 英文词源

north

north: [OE] North is a general West and North Germanic word for ‘north’, represented also in German, Swedish, and Danish nord and Dutch noorden. It was also borrowed into French (from Old English) as nord, from where it spread into Italian and Romanian as nord and into Spanish as norte. It is not known for certain where it came from, but a link has been suggested with nertro-, a word for ‘left’ in the extinct Oscan- Umbrian languages of Italy, which might mean that the underlying meaning of north is ‘to the left as one faces the rising sun’ (modern Irish tuaisceart ‘north’ was based on a word meaning ‘left’).

north

Old English norð "northern" (adj.), "northwards" (adv.), from Proto-Germanic *nurtha- (cognates: Old Norse norðr, Old Saxon north, Old Frisian north, Middle Dutch nort, Dutch noord, German nord), possibly ultimately from PIE *ner- (1) "left," also "below," as north is to the left when one faces the rising sun (cognates: Sanskrit narakah "hell," Greek enerthen "from beneath," Oscan-Umbrian nertrak "left"). The same notion underlies Old Irish tuath "left; northern;" Arabic shamal "left hand; north." The usual word for "north" in the Romance languages ultimately is from English, for example Old French north (Modern French nord), borrowed from Old English norð; Italian, Spanish norte are borrowed from French.

Ask where's the North? At York 'tis on the Tweed;
In Scotland at the Orcades; and there
At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.
[Pope, "Essay on Man"]

As a noun, c. 1200, from the adverb. North Pole attested from mid-15c. (earlier the Arctic pole, late 14c.). North American (n.) first used 1766, by Franklin; as an adjective, from 1770.

north 词组搭配

north 英文释义

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

2. the direction in which a compass needle points

north 双语例句

1. Two trains collided head-on in north-eastern Germany early this morning.

今天早上德国东北部两列火车迎面相撞。

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2. The western-most part of north Wales is a stronghold of Welsh-speakers.

北威尔士最西部是说威尔士语人的聚居区。

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3. Go north on I-15 to the exit just past Barstow.

沿着15号州际公路一直向北，一过巴斯托就从出口驶出。

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4. The North has been under Communist rule since 1954.

北方自1954年起就一直处于共产党的统治之下。

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5. You can go anywhere and still the compass points north or south.

无论走到哪里，罗盘仍然指向北或南。

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north 实用场景例句

Which way is north?

哪边是北？

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cold winds coming from the north

从北方袭来的寒风

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Mount Kenya is to the north of (= further north than) Nairobi.

肯尼亚山在内罗毕以北。

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birds migrating from the north

从北方迁徙来的鸟

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Houses are less expensive in the North (= of England) than in the South.

北方的房子比南方便宜。

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North London

伦敦北区

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the north bank of the river

这条河的北岸

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The house faces north.

这房子朝北。

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They've gone to live up north.

他们已经搬到北方去住了。

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In the north the ground becomes very cold as the winter snow and ice covers the ground...

冬天冰雪覆盖大地，北方的地面变得非常寒冷。

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Birds usually migrate from north to south.

鸟类通常由北向南迁徙。

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The scheme mostly benefits people in the North and Midlands.

该方案主要的受益者是北部和中部地区的人们。

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...a tiny house in a village in the north of France.

法国北部村庄里的一所小房子

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Anita drove north up Pacific Highway.

安妮塔驱车沿太平洋公路向北行驶。

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...a little village a few miles north of Portsmouth.

位于朴次茅斯以北几英里处的小村庄

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...the north side of the mountain...

山的北面

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They were coming in to land on the north coast of Crete.

他们将从克里特岛北海岸登陆上岛。

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There were demonstrations this weekend in cities throughout North America, Asia and Europe.

本周末在北美、亚洲和欧洲的多个城市举行了示威游行。

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...a bitterly cold north wind.

凛冽的北风

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Malaysia has emerged as the toughest critic of the North's environmental attitudes.

马来西亚已成为对北方发达国家环保态度最严厉的批评者。

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I can't tolerate the acceleration in decorating the refrigerator.

我不能容忍对冷库装饰的加速.

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It's a pity the room has no north window and you don't get a draught.

可惜这房间没北窗,没有过堂风.

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I come from the north.

我是北方人.

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