northward

词根词缀:

后缀
-ward 表形容词和副词,“向…,朝…”

backward adv./adj. 向后(的)

back 后边 + ward 向…,朝… → 向后(的)

downward adv./adj. 向下(的)

down 向下 + ward 向…,朝… → 向下(的)

forward adv./adj. 向前(的)

heavenward adv./adj. 朝向天空(的)

heaven 天 + ward 向…,朝… → 朝向天空(的)

homeward adv./adj. 向家(的)

home 家 + ward 向…,朝… → 向家(的)

inward adv./adj. 向内(的)

in 在里面的 + ward 向…,朝… → 向内(的)

northward adv./adj. 向北(的)

north 北 + ward 向…,朝… → 向北(的)

outward adv./adj. 向外(的)

out 外面的 + ward 向…,朝… → 向外(的)

seaward adv./adj. 向海(的)

sea 海洋 + ward 向…,朝… → 向海(的)

upward adv./adj. 向上(的)

up 向上 + ward 向…,朝… → 向上(的)

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相关例句:

Further analyses indicate that the northward wind-driven current in the western boundary of the ocean is stable in summer.

分析进一步表明,夏季向北的风生流在海洋的西边界附近是稳定的。

He seems to have turned northward toward Galilee then circled back across Jordan once more.

祂似乎往北去到加利利,然后绕了一圈再渡过约旦河。

Tropical storm Marco is pushing northward up Florida's coast.

热带风暴“马可”正沿佛罗里达海岸向北推进。

Thus, Europe and Africa move further east, allowing the Atlantic to rip apart during the slide northward.

因此,欧洲和非洲进一步向东移动,导致大西洋在向北滑动期间被扯破。

The baroclinic atmosphere with convective instability is advantageous to the development of instability of northward inertial gravity waves.

对流不稳定与斜压大气的结合有利于北传的重力惯性波不稳定发展。

The fish had headed northward; there was no land in sight.

那条鱼还是一直往北游,一点陆地的影子都瞧不见了。