east
单词辨析：
只作定语，用于专有名称时首字母常大写。
They live on the east coast.
他们住在东海岸。
Take the east road; it's the shortest way.
走东边这条路吧，这是最近的路。
She was born in East Jerusalem.
她出生在东耶路撒冷。
词义同east，但更常用；表示“东方国家的”时，首字母常大写。
Eastern cookery/religions
东方烹饪/宗教
The mountains are sharply defined against the eastern sky.
群山在东方天空的衬托下显得轮廓分明。
表示东方国家的，尤指中国和日本的。
The professor specializes in oriental history.
这位教授专门研究东方史。
This oriental legend is really fascinating.
这个东方传说很吸引人。
相关例句：
China faces the Pacific on the east.
中国东临太平洋。
Every so often, a new martial art arrives from the East.
时而会从东方传来一种新的武术。
The conflict in the North and East of the island was a fight to the finish.
该岛北部和东部的冲突是一场你死我活的斗争。
This message caused perturbation in the Middle East Headquarters.
这则消息在中东总部引起了不安。
Under normal conditions, the ocean currents of the tropical Pacific travel from east to west
在正常情况下，太平洋的热带洋流自东向西流。
He had been on safari in East Africa with his son.
他曾和他儿子到东非游猎。