southward

英 [ˈsaʊθwəd]

美 [ˈsaʊθwərd]

adv.& adj.  向南方（的）

BNC.23409 / COCA.16602

柯林斯词典

• ADV 向南
  Southwardorsouthwardsmeans towards the south.
  1. They drove southward...
     他们驾车南行。
  2. It was a visit that took him to Mogadishu and southwards to Kismayo.
     由于一次访问的缘故，他来到了摩加迪沙，又向南来到基斯马尤。
  3. Southwardis also an adjective.
     
  4. Instead of her normal southward course towards Alexandria and home, she headed west.
     她没有像往常一样选择前往亚历山大和回家的南行线路，而是向西走了。

英英释义

noun

• the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
  Synonym:southdue southS

adj

• moving toward the south
  1. a southbound train
  Synonym:southbound

adv

• toward the south
  1. the ship turned southerly
  Synonym:southerlysouthwards

双语例句

• Driving southward from Cairo into the valley, I entered a landscape that owed little to the sent era.
  我从开罗驱车南行，进入尼罗河河谷，这里的景色还没有受到多少现代的影响。
• As people moved westward and southward, new movements were added. In the Midwest, dancers created the grand right and left.
  当人们向西部和西部迁徙时，新的动作就加入到舞蹈中。
• A New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson in early 1600s.
  纽约的一条河流；向南流入纽约海湾；世纪早期被哈得逊发现。
• Then travel southward to Bath, a city built over the only natural hot springs in the UK.
  接着可以向南行至巴斯，该城建立在英国唯一的一处天热温泉之上。
• His room has got a southward balcony.
  他房间有个朝南的阳台。
• The IMF was oriented southward for many hours during the Bastille Day storm.
  巴士底日太空风暴发生期间，IMF有好几个小时都是指向南方的。
• China's decision to reject Coca-Cola's acquisition of juice-maker China Huiyuan Juice Group is rippling southward toward Australia.
  编辑点评：中国商务部发布公告，以“对竞争产生不利影响”为由，正式否决了可口可乐公司收购中国汇源果汁集团有限公司的申请。
• They drove southward
  他们驾车南行。
• Of Pacific coast from Alaska southward to California.
  产于从阿拉斯加向南到加利福尼亚的太平洋海岸。
• Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and Persian Gulf southward to East Africa and islands in the Indian Ocean.
  西印度洋：红海与波斯湾向南至东非与印度洋中的岛屿。